MegAlign

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Lasergene’s MegAlign offers both DNA and protein sequence alignment using a range of pairwise and multiple alignment methods. Rich graphical displays allow you to adjust your finished alignment, as well as analyze phylogeny, differences in chemical, structural, or functional characteristics. MegAlign is fully integrated with GenVision, allowing for the creation of publication-quality images of your alignments. To learn more, see the Features or Resources tab below.


Features

Align Sequences

  • Align DNA, protein, or DNA + protein sequences via pairwise and multiple sequence alignment algorithms including Clustal, Jotun Hein, Wilbur-Lipman, Martinez Needleman-Wunsch, Lipman-Pearson and Dotplot analysis. 
  • Easily create sub alignments by selecting ranges of longer alignments to create neat blocks of similarity or to remove the ‘ragged’ termini due to length variance in your data.
  • Download sequences directly from NCBI or a database using accession numbers, BLAST, or text searches to match the highlighted segment of your current sequence or to add a search result to your current project.

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    Phylogeny

  • View evolutionary relationships predicted from your multiple sequence alignment. The length of each pair of branches represents the distance between sequence pairs, while the units at the bottom of the tree indicate the number of substitution events. 
  • Use the Bootstrapping method to test for consistency and robustness of a tree created using a Clustal methodology. The branch patterns with higher values are statistically more likely to occur, and give a measure of confidence in the optimal tree structure.Video See it!
  • Calculate sequence similarity and distance in relation to the constructed phylogeny.

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    Analyze Alignment Results

  • Edit or adjust your finished alignment by inserting or moving gaps.
  • Customize your alignment results by highlighting residues that match/mismatch the consensus, or other sequences in the project.  Define a custom consensus by residue or by chemical, structural, or charge characteristics and display the consensus strength as a color-coded histogram. Video See it!
  • Export your alignments into several popular formats. Or, export your alignment as a GenVision project for creation of publication-quality images. Video See it!

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    Resources

    Whether you are a long time customer, or are just starting to learn about MegAlign, you may find some of the following resources helpful:

    Technical Requirements

    Licensing Options

    FAQs

    Training Videos:

    Sequence Alignment

    Tips and Tricks:

    Realigning Residues

    Product Literature:

    MegAlign Data Sheet

    Lasergene Data Sheet

    Lasergene Installation Guide

    Lasergene Tutorials

    Lasergene Tutorial Data

    For additional resources, please see our Support page.

     

    Try It

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    Request a fully functional free trial of Lasergene to try it out for yourself.

     

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