DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btm404. Clustal W and Clustal X version 2.0

10.1093/bioinformatics/btm404

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Abstract

AbstractSummary: The Clustal W and Clustal X multiple sequence alignment programs have been completely rewritten in C++. This will facilitate the further development of the alignment algorithms in the future and has allowed proper porting of the programs to the latest versions of Linux, Macintosh and Windows operating systems.Availability: The programs can be run on-line from the EBI web server: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/tools/clustalw2. The source code and executables for Windows, Linux and Macintosh computers are available from the EBI ftp site ftp://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/software/clustalw2/Contact: clustalw@ucd.ie

Bibliography

Larkin, M. A., Blackshields, G., Brown, N. P., Chenna, R., McGettigan, P. A., McWilliam, H., Valentin, F., Wallace, I. M., Wilm, A., Lopez, R., Thompson, J. D., Gibson, T. J., & Higgins, D. G. (2007). Clustal W and Clustal X version 2.0. Bioinformatics, 23(21), 2947â2948.

Authors 13

M.A. Larkin (first)
G. Blackshields (additional)
N.P. Brown (additional)
R. Chenna (additional)
P.A. McGettigan (additional)
H. McWilliam (additional)
F. Valentin (additional)
I.M. Wallace (additional)
A. Wilm (additional)
R. Lopez (additional)
J.D. Thompson (additional)
T.J. Gibson (additional)
D.G. Higgins (additional)

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10.1093/nar/gkh340 / Nucleic Acids Res. / MUSCLE: multiple sequence alignment with high accuracy and high throughput by Edgar (2004)
10.1016/0378-1119(88)90330-7 / Gene / CLUSTAL: a package for performing multiple sequence alignment on a microcomputer by Higgins (1988)
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10.1093/nar/gkf436 / Nucleic Acids Res. / MAFFT: a novel method for rapid multiple sequence alignment based on fast Fourier transform by Katoh (2002)
10.1006/jmbi.2000.4042 / J. Mol. Biol. / T-coffee: a novel method for fast and accurate multiple sequence alignment by Notredame (2000)
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@article{Larkin_2007, title={Clustal W and Clustal X version 2.0}, volume={23}, ISSN={1367-4803}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btm404}, DOI={10.1093/bioinformatics/btm404}, number={21}, journal={Bioinformatics}, publisher={Oxford University Press (OUP)}, author={Larkin, M.A. and Blackshields, G. and Brown, N.P. and Chenna, R. and McGettigan, P.A. and McWilliam, H. and Valentin, F. and Wallace, I.M. and Wilm, A. and Lopez, R. and Thompson, J.D. and Gibson, T.J. and Higgins, D.G.}, year={2007}, month=sep, pages={2947–2948} }

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