String1: gtgggtgtgaattgaaagtctaacacgtgtttctctgtttatggacntggatacccacgc String2: gtgggtgtgaatcgaaagtctaacacgtgtttctctgtttatggacntgtttacccacgc random: TTGGGTAACTTTACATCGCAATGACGTCGTACCGCGCGATATGATCCCTGTGTGAACCAA The E value for an alignment score "S" represents the number of hits with a score equal to or better than "S" that would be "expected" by chance (the background noise) when searching a database of a particular size.