CLUSTALW(1)

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✨ CLUSTALW(1) ✨

okay so bestie, you're reading the General Commands Manual entry for clustalw, and I'm gonna walk you through it like we're texting at 1am 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

clustalw — it's a multiple sequence alignment program, and yes she's iconic for it 👑

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

clustalw [options]

literally that's the whole thing. just vibes and options 🦋

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

okay so real talk: this manual page documents briefly the clustalx command. (I know, I know — the page is called clustalw and then it starts talking about clustalx. that's just how she is. we don't question the main character's choices 🙈)

this manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page. instead, it has other documentation — see below, babes 👇

so: clustalx is a windows interface for the ClustalW multiple sequence alignment program. it gives you a whole integrated environment for doing multiple sequence and profile alignments and analysing the results. no cap. the sequence alignment shows up in a window right on your screen 🖥️✨

a versatile coloring scheme is built in, and the way that lets you highlight conserved features in the alignment?? obsessed. genuinely. 🎨

the pull-down menus at the top of the window let you pick every option you need for traditional multiple sequence and profile alignment. everything's just there, bestie. chef's kiss 👩‍🍳💋

and it gets better:

  • you can cut-and-paste sequences to change the order of the alignment 🍓
  • you can select a subset of sequences to be aligned 🦋
  • you can select a sub-range of the alignment to be realigned and then inserted back into the original alignment 🔥

🌈 Alignment quality analysis 🌈

alignment quality analysis can be performed, and low-scoring segments or exceptional residues can be highlighted. it's giving insight. it's giving receipts. 💅

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

  • files in /usr/share/doc/clustalx contain a lot of details — go read them, fr fr 📚
  • the web page <http://www.clustal.org/> is also helpful 💖

🫶 AUTHOR 🫶

this manual page was written by Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). thank you for your service, king 🫡👑

Manual for clustalw · 2003 July 1 · CLUSTALW(1)

and that's the whole page, bestie — written 2003 July 1, still serving looks in the CLUSTALW(1) manual to this very day. slay, go align something 💖✨🧬

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