Question

Although MOTIF program is used successfully for making the BLOCKS database, it is limited in the pattern sizes that can be found.

(a) True

(b) False

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This interesting question is from Localized Alignments in Sequences topic in chapter Multiple Sequence Alignment of Bioinformatics

Answer 1

The correct answer is:

(a) True

The MOTIF program, while useful for identifying conserved patterns in protein or nucleotide sequences, does have limitations in the size of patterns it can detect. It is particularly effective for finding relatively short motifs, but it may not perform as well for larger, more complex patterns. This limitation is one reason for the development of other methods and tools for detecting larger or more diverse sequence motifs.