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'''Simple Modular Architecture Research Tool''' ('''SMART''') is a [[biological database]] that is used in the identification and analysis of [[protein ___domain]]s within protein sequences.<ref name="pmid9600884">{{cite journal | author = Schultz J, Milpetz F, Bork P, Ponting CP | title = SMART, a simple modular architecture research tool: identification of signaling domains | journal = Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. | volume = 95 | issue = 11 | pages = 5857–64 |date=May 1998 | pmid = 9600884 | pmc = 34487 | doi = 10.1073/pnas.95.11.5857| url = | issn = }}</ref><ref name="pmid18978020">{{cite journal | author = Letunic I, Doerks T, Bork P | title = SMART 6: recent updates and new developments | journal = Nucleic Acids Res. | volume = 37 | issue = Database issue | pages = D229–32 |date=January 2009 | pmid = 18978020 | pmc = 2686533 | doi = 10.1093/nar/gkn808 | url = | issn = }}</ref> SMART uses [[hidden Markov model|profile-hidden Markov models]] built from [[multiple sequence alignment]]s to detect protein domains in protein sequences. The most recent release of SMART contains 1,009 ___domain models.<ref name="pmid22053084">{{cite journal |author=Letunic I, Doerks T, Bork P |title=SMART 7: recent updates to the protein ___domain annotation resource |journal=Nucleic Acids Res. |volume=40 |issue=Database issue |pages=D302–5 |date=January 2012 |pmid=22053084 |pmc=3245027 |doi=10.1093/nar/gkr931 |url=}}</ref> Data from SMART was used in creating the [[Conserved Domain Database]] collection and is also distributed as part of the [[InterPro]] database.<ref name="pmid12230031">{{cite journal |authorvauthors=Mulder NJ, Apweiler R, Attwood TK, ''et al.''etal |title=InterPro: an integrated documentation resource for protein families, domains and functional sites |journal=Brief. Bioinformatics |volume=3 |issue=3 |pages=225–35 |date=September 2002 |pmid=12230031 |doi= 10.1093/bib/3.3.225|url=}}</ref> The database is hosted by the [[European Molecular Biology Laboratory]] in Heidelberg.

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