Multiple sequence alignment with the Clustal series of programs

Ramu Chenna (1) , Hideaki Sugawara (2) , Tadashi Koike (2) , Rodrigo Lopez (3) , Toby J Gibson (1) , Desmond G Higgins (4) , Julie D Thompson (5)

1 EMBL - European Molecular Biology Laboratory [Heidelberg]
2 NIG - National Institute of Genetics
3 EMBL-EBI - European Bioinformatics Institute [Hinxton]
4 UCC - University College Cork
5 IGBMC - Institut de génétique et biologie moléculaire et cellulaire

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/).

Domaines: Bio-Informatique, Biologie Systémique [q-bio.QM]; Biochimie, Biologie Moléculaire

Ramu Chenna, Hideaki Sugawara, Tadashi Koike, Rodrigo Lopez, Toby J Gibson, et al.. Multiple sequence alignment with the Clustal series of programs. Nucleic Acids Research, 2003, 31 (13), pp.3497 - 3500. ⟨10.1093/nar/gkg500⟩. ⟨hal-04141737⟩