title: MULTAN: a program to align multiple DNA sequences.
abstract: I describe a computer program which can align a large number of nucleic acid sequences with one another. The program uses an heuristic, iterative algorithm which has been tested extensively, and is found to produce useful alignments of a variety of sequence families. The algorithm is fast enough to be practical for the analysis of large number of sequences, and is implemented in a program which contains a variety of other functions to facilitate the analysis of the aligned result.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003201:Computers; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis*; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes / Q000378:metabolism; D015252:Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific; D005914:Globins / Q000235:genetics; D008322:Mammals; D012984:Software
chemical_list: D005914:Globins; D004247:DNA; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes; C024669:endodeoxyribonuclease AluI; D015252:Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific