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. 1986 Jan 10;14(1):363–374. doi: 10.1093/nar/14.1.363

A multiple sequence alignment program.

E Sobel, H M Martinez
PMCID: PMC339419  PMID: 3753772

Abstract

A program is described for simultaneously aligning two or more molecular sequences which is based on first finding common segments above a specified length and then piecing these together to maximize an alignment scoring function. Optimal as well as near-optimal alignments are found, and there is also provided a means for randomizing the given sequences for testing the statistical significance of an alignment. Alignments may be made in the original alphabets of the sequences or in user-specified alternate ones to take advantage of chemical similarities (such as hydrophobic-hydrophilic).

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