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. 2004 Jul 1;32(Web Server issue):W33-6.
doi: 10.1093/nar/gkh373.

DIALIGN: multiple DNA and protein sequence alignment at BiBiServ

Burkhard Morgenstern  1
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DIALIGN: multiple DNA and protein sequence alignment at BiBiServ

Burkhard Morgenstern. Nucleic Acids Res. .

Abstract

DIALIGN is a widely used software tool for multiple DNA and protein sequence alignment. The program combines local and global alignment features and can therefore be applied to sequence data that cannot be correctly aligned by more traditional approaches. DIALIGN is available online through Bielefeld Bioinformatics Server (BiBiServ). The downloadable version of the program offers several new program features. To compare the output of different alignment programs, we developed the program AltAVisT. Our software is available at http://bibiserv.TechFak.Uni-Bielefeld.DE/dialign/.

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Figure 1
Comparison of multiple alignments by AltAVisT. A DIALIGN alignment is compared to a CLUSTAL W alignment of the same input data set. Those regions where both alignments coincide are printed in blue. (Local) agreement of different alignment methods usually indicates alignment reliability.
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