Multiple sequence alignment modeling: methods and applications

M Chatzou, C Magis, JM Chang… - Briefings in …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
This review provides an overview on the development of Multiple sequence alignment
(MSA) methods and their main applications. It is focused on progress made over the past …

Upcoming challenges for multiple sequence alignment methods in the high-throughput era

C Kemena, C Notredame - Bioinformatics, 2009 - academic.oup.com
This review focuses on recent trends in multiple sequence alignment tools. It describes the
latest algorithmic improvements including the extension of consistency-based methods to …

MAFFT-DASH: integrated protein sequence and structural alignment

J Rozewicki, S Li, KM Amada, DM Standley… - Nucleic acids …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Here, we describe a web server that integrates structural alignments with the MAFFT
multiple sequence alignment (MSA) tool. For this purpose, we have prepared a web-based …

T-Coffee: a web server for the multiple sequence alignment of protein and RNA sequences using structural information and homology extension

P Di Tommaso, S Moretti, I Xenarios… - Nucleic acids …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
This article introduces a new interface for T-Coffee, a consistency-based multiple sequence
alignment program. This interface provides an easy and intuitive access to the most popular …

Protein evolution by molecular tinkering: diversification of the nuclear receptor superfamily from a ligand-dependent ancestor

JT Bridgham, GN Eick, C Larroux, K Deshpande… - PLoS …, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Understanding how protein structures and functions have diversified is a central goal in
molecular evolution. Surveys of very divergent proteins from model organisms, however, are …

Recent evolutions of multiple sequence alignment algorithms

C Notredame - PLoS computational biology, 2007 - journals.plos.org
An ever-increasing number of biological modeling methods depend on the assembly of an
accurate multiple sequence alignment (MSA). These include phylogenetic trees, profiles …

[PDF][PDF] Exploring microbial diversity using 16S rRNA high-throughput methods

F Armougom, D Raoult - J Comput Sci Syst Biol, 2009 - academia.edu
As a result of advancements in high-throughput technology, the sequencing of the
pioneering 16S rRNA gene marker is gradually shedding light on the taxonomic …

Quality measures for protein alignment benchmarks

RC Edgar - Nucleic acids research, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Multiple protein sequence alignment methods are central to many applications in molecular
biology. These methods are typically assessed on benchmark datasets including BALIBASE …

Highly significant improvement of protein sequence alignments with AlphaFold2

A Baltzis, L Mansouri, S Jin, BE Langer, I Erb… - …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Motivation Protein sequence alignments are essential to structural, evolutionary and
functional analysis, but their accuracy is often limited by sequence similarity unless …

Multiple protein structure alignment at scale with FoldMason

CLM Gilchrist, M Mirdita, M Steinegger - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Protein structure is conserved beyond sequence, making multiple structural alignment
(MSTA) essential for analyzing distantly related proteins. Computational prediction methods …