Multiple sequence alignment with the Clustal series of programs

Chenna, Ramu; Sugawara, Hideaki; Koike, Tadashi; Lopez,  Rodrigo; Gibson, Toby J.; Higgins, Desmond G.; Thompson,  Julie D.

Multiple sequence alignment with the Clustal series of programs

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Date

2003

Authors

Chenna, Ramu

Sugawara, Hideaki

Koike, Tadashi

Lopez, Rodrigo

Gibson, Toby J.

Higgins, Desmond G.

Thompson, Julie D.

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published Version

10.1093/nar/gkg500

Abstract

The Clustal series of programs are widely used in molecular biology for the multiple alignment of both nucleic acid and protein sequences and for preparing phylogenetic trees. The popularity of the programs depends on a number of factors, including not only the accuracy of the results, but also the robustness, portability and user-friendliness of the programs. New features include NEXUS and FASTA format output, printing range numbers and faster tree calculation. Although, Clustal was originally developed to run on a local computer, numerous Web servers have been set up, notably at the EBI (European Bioinformatics Institute) (http://www.ebi.ac.uk/clustalw/).

Keywords

Protein sequences , Phylogenetic trees , Searches , Database , Banks , Acid

Citation

Chenna, R., Sugawara, H., Koike, T., Lopez, R., Gibson, T. J., Higgins, D. G. and Thompson, J. D. (2003) 'Multiple sequence alignment with the Clustal series of programs', Nucleic Acids Research, 31(13), pp. 3497-3500. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkg500