Supported Applications

MAFFT

Description

a multiple sequence alignment program for unix-like operating systems. It offers a range of multiple alignment methods, L-INS-i (accurate; for alignment of <200 sequences), FFT-NS-2 (fast; for alignment of <30,000 sequences).
Primary Citation*

K. Katoh, K. Misawa, K. Kuma, and T. Miyata. 2002. MAFFT: a novel method for rapid multiple sequence alignment based on fast Fourier transform. Nucleic Acids Res. 30(14): 3059-3066.
(Note: describes the FFT-NS-1, FFT-NS-2 and FFT-NS-i strategies)
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Citation Note

A full list of citations can also be found on the MAFFT website.
Webinars

Topic: MAFFT/MAFFTash: Web services for structure-informed multiple sequence alignment
Presenters: Kazutaka Katoh and Daron Standley, Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University

Host: Andrew Morin
Recorded on July 17, 2014