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Name: Multiple Sequence Alignment
ID: m11036
Language: English (en)
Summary: This module introduces the reader to multiple sequence alignments. The ClustalW alignment tool is used to align sequences of troponin I from different human tissues and sequences of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane receptor (CFTR) from several different species.
Subject: Science and Technology
Keywords: bioinformatics, clustalw, multiple sequence alignment, protein sequence, sequence comparison
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5 plus MathML//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 1.0)
Authors: Susan Cates (mscates@bioc.rice.edu)
Copyright Holders: Susan Cates (mscates@bioc.rice.edu)
Maintainers: Susan Cates (mscates@bioc.rice.edu)
Version: 2.11 (history)
Created: Jan 30, 2003 12:00 am US/Central
Revised: Sep 12, 2007 4:09 pm GMT-5

Version History

Version: 2.11 Sep 12, 2007 4:09 pm GMT-5 by Susan Cates
Changes: 
edit for new results in clustalw
Version: 2.10 Sep 12, 2007 3:47 pm GMT-5 by Susan Cates
Changes: 
edit for new parameters
Version: 2.9 Sep 4, 2007 12:46 pm GMT-5 by Susan Cates
Changes: 
updates for fall 2007 class
Version: 2.8 Jan 30, 2006 5:29 pm US/Central by Susan Cates
Changes: 
 Updated accession codes for troponin sequences
Version: 2.7 Feb 7, 2005 4:39 pm US/Central by Susan Cates
Changes: 
corrected outdated instructions
Version: 2.6 Feb 7, 2005 4:37 pm US/Central by Susan Cates
Changes: 
 corrected out of date instructions
Version: 2.5 Feb 2, 2005 4:47 pm US/Central by Susan Cates
Changes: 
minor edits
Version: 2.4 Jan 31, 2005 4:05 pm US/Central by Susan Cates
Changes: 
minor edits
Version: 2.3 Jan 26, 2005 1:33 pm US/Central by Susan Cates
Changes: 
changed questions to <exercise> <problem>s
Version: 2.2 Feb 2, 2004 11:44 am US/Central by Susan Cates
Changes: 
reworded search instructions
Version: 2.1 Jan 29, 2004 3:36 pm US/Central by Susan Cates
Changes: 
changed text to reflect changes 
in NCBI and EBI web interfaces
Version: 2.0 Jan 30, 2003 12:00 am US/Central by (Unknown)
Changes: 
multiple sequence alignment, V1

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