ClustalW2

ClustalW performs DNA or amino acid multiple sequence alignment.

Quick Start

• To use ClustalW, upload your data in FASTA format.
• Resources: documentation
• rPlant info: http://rpackages.ianhowson.com/rforge/rPlant/man/ClustalW.html

Test Data

Input File(s)

• Use M3297.fa (FASTA file)  found in the example data section of the Data Store: Community Data > iplantcollaborative > example_data > clustalw > input

Parameters Used in App

When the app is run in the Discovery Environment, use the following parameters with the above input file(s) to get the output provided in the next section below.

• Default parameters only, no further configuration needed.

Output File(s)

• Generates multiple sequence alignments in a variety of output. Test output: Community Data > iplantcollaborative > example_data > clustalw > output > clustalw2.aln

Tool Source for App

• http://www.clustal.org/clustal2/
• Please cite: Larkin MA, Blackshields G, Brown NP, Chenna R, McGettigan PA, McWilliam H, Valentin F, Wallace IM, Wilm A, Lopez R, Thompson JD, Gibson TJ, Higgins DG. (2007). Clustal W and Clustal X version 2.0. Bioinformatics, 23, 2947-2948. doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btm404

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