The performance of several multiple-sequence alignment programs in relation to secondary-structure features for an rRNA sequence

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 530-539

  Hickson, Robert E ^a,d   Simon, Chris ^b   Perrey, Soren W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b University of Connecticut   (United States)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d ERMA NZ   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Phylogenetics; RRNA; Secondary structure; Sequence alignment

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GENETIC PROCEDURES; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERFORMANCE; PHYLOGENY; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034043777     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026333     Document Type: Article

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