A comprehensive comparison of multiple sequence alignment programs.

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Published in Nucleic Acids Res on July 01, 1999

Authors

J D Thompson1, F Plewniak, O Poch

Author Affiliations

1: Laboratoire de Biologie Structurale, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, (CNRS/INSERM/ULP), BP 163, 67404 Illkirch Cedex, France.

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