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Table 1 Number of compositions and sequences comprised of 20 letters, of length not greater than L, for L ranging from 3 to 10, and their ratios (rounded)

From: A parallel method for enumerating amino acid compositions and masses of all theoretical peptides

Length of Peptides (L)

Number of Compositions (A)

Number of Sequences (B)

Ratio B/A

3

1,770

8,420

5

4

10,625

168,420

16

5

53,129

3,368,420

63

6

230,229

67,368,420

293

7

888,029

1,347,368,420

1,517

8

3,108,104

26,947,368,420

8,670

9

10,015,004

538,947,368,420

53,814

10

30,045,014

10,778,947,368,420

358,760