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muscle

This is the released version of muscle; for the devel version, see muscle.

All versions 3.24 (devel), 3.23 (release), 3.22, 3.21, 3.20, 3.19, 3.18, 3.17, 3.16, 3.15, 3.14, 3.13, 3.12, 3.11, 3.10, 3.9, 3.8, 3.7, 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, 3.3, 3.2, 3.1

Multiple Sequence Alignment with MUSCLE


Bioconductor version: Release (3.23)

MUSCLE performs multiple sequence alignments of nucleotide or amino acid sequences.

Author: Algorithm by Robert C. Edgar. R port by Alex T. Kalinka.

Maintainer: Alex T. Kalinka <alex.t.kalinka at gmail.com>

Citation (from within R, enter citation("muscle")):

Algorithm by Robert C. Edgar. R port by Alex T. Kalinka. muscle: Multiple Sequence Alignment with MUSCLE. doi:10.18129/B9.bioc.muscle, R package version 3.54.0, https://bioconductor.org/packages/muscle.

Generated from the package metadata; it may differ from the package's own citation.

Installation

To install this package, start R (version "4.6") and enter:

if (!require("BiocManager", quietly = TRUE))
    install.packages("BiocManager")

BiocManager::install("muscle")

For older versions of R, please refer to the appropriate Bioconductor release.

Documentation

To view documentation for the version of this package installed in your system, start R and enter:

browseVignettes("muscle")
A guide to using muscle PDF R Script
Reference ManualPDF
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Details

biocViews Alignment, DataImport, Genetics, MultipleSequenceAlignment, SequenceMatching, Sequencing, Software
Version3.54.0
In Bioconductor sinceBioC 3.1 (R-3.2) (11.5 years)
License Unlimited
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URLhttp://www.drive5.com/muscle/
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Follow Installation instructions to use this package in your R session.

Source Package muscle_3.54.0.tar.gz
Windows Binary (x86_64) muscle_3.54.0.zip
macOS Binary (big-sur-x86_64) muscle_3.54.0.tgz
macOS Binary (sonoma-arm64) muscle_3.54.0.tgz
Source Repositorygit clone https://git.bioconductor.org/packages/muscle
Source Repository (Developer Access)git clone git@git.bioconductor.org:packages/muscle
Package Short Url https://bioconductor.org/packages/muscle/
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