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Welcome screen
MegAlign Pro Interface » Welcome screen
The Welcome “project” opens when you launch MegAlign Pro and is a central location for opening projects, searching NCBI databases, getting help, and much more. As you add projects, the Welcome “project” will remain as the leftmost tab unless you…
Panels
MegAlign Pro Interface » Panels
Settings panels allow you to optimize the look, contents and layout of the MegAlign Pro window. To learn what can be done within each panel and the expandable “sections” within each panel, click the links…
When one track is selected
MegAlign Pro Interface » Panels » Details panel » When one track is selected
If a single track has been selected in the Overview or Sequences view, the Details panel contains the following information. Heading Type of track (in blue). Summary – Basic information about what is displayed in the selected…
Research references
Appendix » Research references
Chou PY and Fasman GD (1978). "Prediction of the secondary structure of proteins from their amino acid sequence." Advances in Enzymology 47: 45-148. Darling AE, Mau B, and Perna NT (2010). “progressiveMauve: Multiple Genome Alignment with Gene Gain, Loss, and…
When a portion of multiple sequences is selected
MegAlign Pro Interface » Panels » Details panel » When a portion of multiple sequences is selected
When a portion of multiple aligned sequences has been selected (e.g., by triple-clicking on a feature, or by dragging across the consensus sequence with the mouse), the Details panel contains the following information: Heading Sequences –…
Overview
MegAlign Pro Interface » Views » Overview
The Overview provides a way to navigate within the sequences, no matter what type of sequences or alignment is used. In the case of genomic alignments generated by Mauve, the Overview also allows you to explore the relationships between multiple aligned blocks.…
Overview after aligning and entering additional sequences
MegAlign Pro Interface » Views » Overview » Overview after aligning and entering additional sequences
The Overview has different appearances, depending on the stage and workflow. In all cases, sequences are represented as either gray or colored blocks. Any sequence that is not part of an alignment is shown in solid gray. After performing an alignment, any new…
When a portion of a pairwise alignment is selected
MegAlign Pro Interface » Panels » Details panel » When a portion of a pairwise alignment is selected
When a portion of a sequence has been selected in the Pairwise view (e.g., by double-clicking on a feature, or by dragging across the sequence with the mouse), the Details panel contains the following information: Heading Selected Region …
When one feature is selected
MegAlign Pro Interface » Panels » Details panel » When one feature is selected
If a single feature has been selected in a track in the Overview or Sequences view (e.g., by clicking one time on the feature), the Details panel contains the following information: Heading Feature name (in blue). Type – Feature type. Left…
Perform a Pairwise Sequence Alignment
Perform a Pairwise Sequence Alignment
MegAlign Pro supports local, global, semi-global, and chromosome-based pairwise alignment methods, as well as a specialized proprietary method for aligning cDNAs or other short sequences to a chromosome. Click here for descriptions and a comparison of the different…
Supported file types
Appendix » Supported file types
For a list of file formats supported by this DNASTAR product, please see the File Formats page of our website.
Tree view
MegAlign Pro Interface » Views » Tree view
The Tree view shows evolutionary relationships estimated from the multiple sequence alignment, and is calculated using the current tree-building algorithm and settings, and the currently-selected Distance metric. This view is only accessible after you have performed a…
Sequences view
MegAlign Pro Interface » Views » Sequences view
The Sequences View displays added sequences and aligned sequences. Sequence names selected in this view are simultaneously selected all other views in MegAlign Pro. Similarly, sequence names selected elsewhere will be highlighted in the Sequences View. To access the…
Distance view
MegAlign Pro Interface » Views » Distance view
The Distance view shows a matrix (i.e., table) of numbers representing distances computed for each pair of sequences for the selected aligned block. Sequence distances are used as input in creating the phylogenetic tree shown in the Tree view. Selections within the…
When a portion of a nucleotide sequence is selected
MegAlign Pro Interface » Panels » Details panel » When a portion of a nucleotide sequence is selected
When a portion of a sequence has been selected in any view (e.g., by double-clicking on a feature, or by dragging across the sequence with the mouse) except the Pairwise view, the Details panel contains the following information: Heading …
Welcome to MegAlign Pro
Welcome to MegAlign Pro
MegAlign Pro is Lasergene’s application for generating multiple and pairwise alignments of protein and/or nucleic acid sequences using your choice of alignment methods. Easily navigate between synchronized views with a click of a button, and rearrange views and…
Search
Search
See the following topics to learn how to: Move the cursor to a specific position on a sequence or alignment Search for or within a sequence using a text query Search for nucleotide or residue strings Search for disagreements between…
Table view
MegAlign Pro Interface » Views » Table view
To access the Table view, perform a BLAST search. When the search is complete, the Text, Table and Pairwise views are displayed together in a single popup window that is separate from the main MegAlign Pro window. To reopen all three views at a later time, click on the…
Options section
MegAlign Pro Interface » Panels » Tracks panel » Options section
To access settings for the track type currently selected in the Tracks panel, click on the Tracks panel expand bar entitled “Options,” or choose View > Tracks > Options. The Options section varies in appearance depending upon the selection. For discussions of each…
Part B: Use a Local pairwise alignment method
Perform a Pairwise Sequence Alignment » Try It! – Align transcripts to genes using Local and Global pairwise alignments » Part B: Use a Local pairwise alignment method
Now that you have finished Part A of the tutorial, this part shows how you can use a local pairwise alignment to resolve the correct mapping of the first intron in isoF and isoC. Click on Pairwise view tab. Look at the left drop-down menu at the top of the view…
Create a new project
Create or Open a Project » Create a new project
There are a variety of ways to create a new MegAlign Pro project, whether a blank project, one that is prepopulated with sequences, or even one that is prepopulated and with the alignment already in progress. *Note: To create a new project and add automatic…
Export data to a file
Export » Export data to a file
Subcommands of the File > Export Data command are used to export alignments, distance matrices and phylogenetic trees, as well as aligned sequences and the consensus sequence. Unless you wish to export all sequences in the project, you must first make a…
Views
MegAlign Pro Interface » Views
The left side of the MegAlign Pro window is comprised of one or more “views.” To learn more about the types of views and how to change their appearances, click the links below. View types: Overview Sequences view Pairwise view Distance view Tree…
Match Bar track
Tracks » Match Bar track
To display the Match Bar track: The Match Bar track is used to show similarities and differences between the query and target sequences as calculated using the Blosum 62 substitution matrix. This track is available in the Pairwise view only after performing a pairwise…
When a non-empty document is open
MegAlign Pro Interface » Panels » Details panel » When a non-empty document is open
If a document is open and contains sequences (whether they have been aligned or not) and nothing is selected, the Details panel contains the following information: Heading The project filename. Sequence type – DNA, RNA, or…
When one sequence is selected
MegAlign Pro Interface » Panels » Details panel » When one sequence is selected
If a single sequence has been selected in any view, the Details panel may contain a subset of the following information: Heading The default name, if present, appears in blue above ‘Organism.’ Organism – The organism from which the…
Perform an initial multiple sequence alignment
Perform a Multiple Sequence Alignment » Perform an initial multiple sequence alignment
To perform the initial multiple sequence alignment: Select three or more sequences to align, or select nothing if you want to align all sequences. (Note: If you choose just two sequences, or if only two are present, you will be prompted to instead do a pairwise…
Create or Open a Project
Create or Open a Project
Before you can add sequences to a project and align those sequences, you first need to create a MegAlign Pro project. If you already have a project from MegAlign Pro (or its predecessor, MegAlign), you can also open that to view or make changes. For details about each…
Part C: Use a Global pairwise alignment method
Perform a Pairwise Sequence Alignment » Try It! – Align transcripts to genes using Local and Global pairwise alignments » Part C: Use a Global pairwise alignment method
Since the Local pairwise alignment in Part B was not an improvement over the multiple alignments in Part A, you will now try a Global pairwise alignment. This type of alignment forces the ends of both sequences to be aligned. Click the gear icon on the Pairwise view…
Features
Features
MegAlign Pro provides a wizard for copying features from one sequence to another, a procedure known as “feature mapping.” To learn more about how to map features or remove existing features, see: Map features Features, Options and Output wizard…
MegAlign Pro Interface
MegAlign Pro Interface
MegAlign Pro displays your sequences and results in customizable views and panels. The items displayed in the window, their locations, colors, fonts, etc. can all be changed to suit your preferences. To learn more, see the following topics: Welcome screen…
Part C: Change sequence names and rendering in the Sequences view
Perform a Multiple Sequence Alignment » Try it! – Perform a Clustal Omega alignment » Part C: Change sequence names and rendering in the Sequences view
In Part B, you looked at the Sequences view while learning the function of the "viewport." You will now explore the Sequences view in more depth. The Sequences view displays entered sequences and aligned sequences. Sequences selected in this view are simultaneously…
Create a new project containing translations of nucleotide sequences
Create or Open a Project » Create a new project containing translations of nucleotide sequences
*Note: To create a new project and add sequences in their original formats, see the topic Create a new project. MegAlign Pro 17.6, released in 2024, can automatically translate selected nucleotide sequences (or subranges of those sequences) and add them to a new…
When multiple sequences are selected
MegAlign Pro Interface » Panels » Details panel » When multiple sequences are selected
If two or more sequences have been selected in any view, the Details panel contains the following information: Heading The number of sequences selected (in blue). Sequence type – DNA, RNA or Protein. Min. and Max. sequence lengths –…
Overview after other alignments
MegAlign Pro Interface » Views » Overview » Overview after other alignments
The Overview has different appearances, depending on the stage and workflow. After aligning with a method other than Mauve, or after performing a Mauve alignment that results in a single aligned block, any blocks in the Overview will be green and will have the same…
When multiple tracks are selected
MegAlign Pro Interface » Panels » Details panel » When multiple tracks are selected
If two or more tracks have been selected in the Overview or Sequences view, the Details panel contains the following information. Heading Number of tracks currently selected (in blue). Summary – Description of options available for the…
Rename sequences manually
Sequences » Rename sequences manually
To manually rename a selected sequence: Select a single sequence name from any MegAlign Pro view, then right-click on it and choose Rename Sequence(s). Alternatively, select the sequence name and choose Edit > Rename Sequence(s). The Choose Label dialog opens…
Customize the layout of other window components
Customize the Look and Layout » Customize the layout of other window components
Controls for this application’s view, panels and expand bars are described in the following table. For information that pertains only to views, also see Customize the appearance and layout of views. Task “How To” Show or open a hidden…
Search for text or accession number matches (Entrez)
Search for Sequences Online » Search for text or accession number matches (Entrez)
The Entrez Search wizard is used to search a text query or accession number against NCBI’s Entrez databases for nucleotides or proteins. To launch the Entrez search dialog, choose Search > Text Search in > NCBI Nucleotide or Search > Text Search in > NCBI…
Print Images
Print Images
To print an image of any MegAlign Pro view, whether it is currently active or not: Choose File > Print or use Ctrl/Cmd+P. The Print Document dialog opens: Use the Printer drop-down menu to choose the desired printer from a list of available…
Features tracks
Tracks » Features tracks
To display sequence features: The visibility of feature (annotation) tracks in the Overview, Sequences view and Pairwise view is dependent on: Whether or not tracks are visible in those views. To display hidden tracks, click on the plus sign next to the sequence of…
Filter search results
Search for Sequences Online » Filter search results
After doing a BLAST or Entrez search, the Table view shows a list of potential matches. To filter this table to include only matches that meet additional criteria, click the Filter results tool () in the header and then click Filter. This opens the Filter dialog. The…
Phylogenetic Trees
Phylogenetic Trees
MegAlign Pro lets you create and display one or more phylogenetic trees for a multiple alignment. The trees can use different algorithms, or the same algorithm with different settings. To learn more, see the following topics: Generate a phylogenetic tree Get to…
Pairwise view
MegAlign Pro Interface » Views » Pairwise view
The Pairwise view displays sequences after performing a pairwise alignment or a BLAST or Entrez database search. Sequence names selected in this view are simultaneously selected all other views in MegAlign Pro. Similarly, sequence names selected elsewhere will be…
Add only the portion of sequence that corresponds to a feature
Sequences » Add only the portion of sequence that corresponds to a feature
This topic describes two methods that allow you to align only the portions of sequences the correspond to a particular gene or other feature. Other portions of the sequences are discarded or removed prior to alignment, making the alignment for that gene both faster and…
Distance section
MegAlign Pro Interface » Panels » Style panel » Distance section
The Distance section affects the appearance of the Distance view. To access this section, click on the Style panel expand bar entitled Distance, or choose View > Style > Distance. *Note: In Lasergene 17.1 and earlier, this section was used to specify distance…
Choosing a pairwise alignment method
Perform a Pairwise Sequence Alignment » Choosing a pairwise alignment method
MegAlign Pro has four pairwise alignment algorithms. Align to Chromosome: DNASTAR is used to perform individual pairwise alignments of 1 to 25 short sequences (typically cDNA sequences) to a chromosome-length reference sequence. This method was released with…
Specify a reference sequence
Sequences » Specify a reference sequence
This topic describes several reasons you might want to use a reference and procedures for specifying, changing, and removing the reference. Note that a reference sequence in MegAlign Pro is different from a reference in SeqMan Ultra or SeqMan NGen. In SeqMan NGen or…
When multiple features are selected
MegAlign Pro Interface » Panels » Details panel » When multiple features are selected
If two or more features have been selected in a track in the Overview or Sequences view, the Details panel contains the following information: Heading Number of features currently selected (in blue). Type – List of all feature types represented…
Modify a multiple alignment
Perform a Multiple Sequence Alignment » Modify a multiple alignment
The following table describes ways to modify an initial multiple alignment: Task See this topic To realign a range of aligned sequences using different parameters or a different alignment engine Subalign sequences To merge two…
Search wizard: Search
Search for Sequences Online » Search for sequence matches (BLAST) » Search wizard: Search
The Search screen is the second of four screens in the BLAST Search wizard. The Search screen is used to choose the BLAST program and database. Specify whether you wish to search for Nucleotides or Proteins. Select the desired BLAST program from the Using…
Gap treatment options
MegAlign Pro Interface » Views » Distance view » Gap treatment options
To change the distance metric used to generate the Distance view table, click the Change Analysis Parameters tool ( ) in the Distance view. This opens the Analysis Options dialog where you can specify the Metric and Gap Treatment. Another way to access the same dialog…
Part B: Navigate using the Overview
Perform a Multiple Sequence Alignment » Try it! – Perform a Clustal Omega alignment » Part B: Navigate using the Overview
Observe that the sequence blocks in the Overview are now the same lengths. Sequence gaps are represented by gray coloring within the blocks. The light blue vertical column shown at the left of the green blocks, above, is a "viewport" showing which region is…
Navigate between projects
Create or Open a Project » Navigate between projects
You can open multiple projects within a single instance of MegAlign Pro. Each project is displayed in a separate tab and is initially assigned a unique name (Untitled[#].msa). To make a project the active project: Click on its project tab. To open an additional…
Part E: Compare output files
Features » Try it! – Map features » Part E: Compare output files
When the mapping initiated in Part D is finished, click the hyperlink to the output directory. Open both All features_map_features_1_report.tsv and CDS-RB features_map_features_1_report.tsv in any suitable spreadsheet…
Numeric tracks
Tracks » Numeric tracks
A numeric track displays a plot of values along one or more sequences in the project. To display numeric tracks: The visibility of numeric tracks in the Sequences view is dependent on: The origin of the project. For example, the Model ‘n’ Cα Distances…
Multiple sequence alignment methods and options
Perform a Multiple Sequence Alignment » Perform an initial multiple sequence alignment » Multiple sequence alignment methods and options
MegAlign Pro offers both gene-level and genome-level multiple sequence alignment algorithms. (Gene homology alignments are covered in a separate topic.) Gene-level alignment of either protein or nucleotide sequences: In general, the three gene-level aligners have…
Perform a Multiple Sequence Alignment
Perform a Multiple Sequence Alignment
MegAlign Pro supports the following multiple sequence alignment methods: Clustal Omega, Clustal W, MAFFT, MUSCLE and Mauve. Click here for descriptions and a comparison of the different methods. To learn how to perform, modify, and troubleshoot multiple sequence…
Try it! – Determine the strain of an experimental viral genome sample
Phylogenetic Trees » Try it! – Determine the strain of an experimental viral genome sample
In this tutorial, you will use MegAlign Pro to compare an experimental SARS-CoV-2 sample to references sequences from four SARS-CoV-2 strains in order to see which strain is present in the sample. This type of analysis can be used with any viral genome samples that…
Add ungapped sequences to a project
Sequences » Add ungapped sequences to a project
To add standard (ungapped) sequences, or additional sequences, to an existing project: You can add standard DNA, RNA or protein sequences from a wide variety of file types, including SeqNinja .star files. (See Advantages of using SeqNinja files). *Note: To add only a…
Part A: Add genomic sequences using drag & drop
Perform a Multiple Sequence Alignment » Try it! – Perform a genomic alignment with Mauve » Part A: Add genomic sequences using drag & drop
If you have not yet downloaded and extracted the tutorial data, click here to download it. Then decompress (unzip) the file archive using the method of your choice. If a MegAlign Pro project is already open, choose File > New Alignment Project. Otherwise, launch…
Search wizard: Job
Search for Sequences Online » Search for sequence matches (BLAST) » Search wizard: Job
The Job screen is the fourth of four screens in the BLAST Search wizard, This screen allows you to overwrite the default search name with a custom name and initiate the BLAST search. The text box contains an automatically-generated name for the search job. If you…
Export data from the Text, Table or Pairwise views
Export » Export data from the Text, Table or Pairwise views
The Export data tool ( ), located in the header above the Text, Table or Pairwise views, lets you export data from those views. This tool provides a choice of three options, one of which has four sub-options. Options include: Export Data > Matches…
Text view
MegAlign Pro Interface » Views » Text view
To access the Text view, perform a BLAST search. When the search is complete, the Text, Table and Pairwise views are displayed together in a single popup window that is separate from the main MegAlign Pro window. To reopen all three views at a later time, click on the…
Export a tree to a tree viewer
Export » Export a tree to a tree viewer
To export a phylogenetic tree to a file: Use File > Export Data > Tree to export tree data in Newick (.newick) or Nexus (.nex, .nxs) formats . The saved file can be opened by several free and commercial evolutionary biology software programs. To set the default…
Work with multiple trees
Phylogenetic Trees » Work with multiple trees
What are dynamic trees and how do they differ from “snapshots?”: MegAlign Pro allows you to compare multiple phylogenetic trees generated using custom settings. The phylogenetic algorithm you choose dictates which customizations affect the tree and whether…
Pairwise alignment for sequences with similar lengths
Perform a Pairwise Sequence Alignment » Pairwise alignment for sequences with similar lengths
The following instructions describe how to align sequences with similar lengths (i.e., within one or two orders of magnitude). DNASTAR has used these pairwise algorithms in this workflow to successfully align protein sequences up to 35,000 bases in length. *Note: If…
Details panel
MegAlign Pro Interface » Panels » Details panel
The Details panel shows details of the application, selection or project. To open the Details panel: This panel is represented by a blue “information” icon (). If the panel is not already visible, reveal it using any of the following methods: Choose View >…
Sequence Logo track
Tracks » Sequence Logo track
To display the Sequence Logo track: To display or hide the Sequence Logo track in the Sequences view footer, perform an alignment and then check or uncheck the Sequence Logo box in the Tracks panel. This box is only visible after performing an alignment. How…
Tracks panel
MegAlign Pro Interface » Panels » Tracks panel
The Tracks panel lets you manage the tracks displayed in the Overview and the Sequences view. To open the Tracks panel: Click on the Tracks tab (). If the panel is not already visible, reveal it using any of the following methods: Choose View > Tracks > Tracks…
Search for Sequences Online
Search for Sequences Online
This application lets you search National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) databases for matches to text or sequence that you specify. Query part or all of a nucleotide or protein sequence against one of NCBI’s sequence databases using the Basic…
Options screen
Features » Map features (copy features to another sequence) » Options screen
The Options screen is the second wizard screen of the Map Features dialog, and lets you specify mapping options. Mapping – Use the text boxes or sliders to specify percent cutoffs for: Minimum feature coverage, where: Minimum sequence…
GC Content track
Tracks » GC Content track
To display the GC Content track: GC Content is a graph track with a scale from 0-100 showing the proportional amount of G or C residues in a sliding window of user-defined width. The visibility of GC Content tracks in the Sequences view is available only for…
Gap Fraction track
Tracks » Gap Fraction track
To display the Gap Fraction track: Gap Fraction is a graph track with a scale of 0-1 that shows the proportion of gapped positions in a sliding window centered on each position. The availability of a Gap Fraction track in the Sequences view or Pairwise view is…
When a portion of a protein sequence is selected
MegAlign Pro Interface » Panels » Details panel » When a portion of a protein sequence is selected
When a portion of a protein sequence has been selected in any view (e.g., by double-clicking on a feature, or by dragging across the sequence with the mouse) except the Pairwise view, the Details panel contains the following information: Heading …
Pairwise alignment of a short sequence to a chromosome
Perform a Pairwise Sequence Alignment » Pairwise alignment of a short sequence to a chromosome
With the release of Lasergene 17.5 (July 2023), MegAlign Pro features a unique algorithm—adapted from one used in SeqMan NGen—that supports pairwise alignment of a short sequence (typically a cDNA) to a chromosome-length sequence. This type of alignment is…
Add only sequences that meet filtering thresholds
Sequences » Add only sequences that meet filtering thresholds
You can specify a group of sequences to add and then use filtering options to only add a subset of those to the project. To add only sequences that meet filtering thresholds: Open the filter dialog by doing any of the following: From the Welcome screen, select New…
Change the order of sequences
Sequences » Change the order of sequences
Whether preparing an image of a view for publication, or simply for ease of analysis, you may want to change the order of sequences in one or more views. For instance, you may wish to order the tree to create a pleasing image or to draw the viewer’s focus to a…
Generate a phylogenetic tree
Phylogenetic Trees » Generate a phylogenetic tree
MegAlign Pro offers three tree-building algorithms: Neighbor joining: BIONJ uses the BIONJ algorithm (Gascuel, 1997), a variant of the Neighbor-Joining algorithm (Saito and Nei, 1987) that was used in classic MegAlign. Choose this option if your project includes…
Pairwise Alignment section
MegAlign Pro Interface » Panels » Style panel » Pairwise Alignment section
To access options affecting the display of pairwise alignments in the Pairwise view, click on the Style panel expand bar entitled Pairwise Alignment, or choose View > Style > Pairwise Alignment. Task How To Specify the wrapping style for rows…
Trees section
MegAlign Pro Interface » Panels » Explorer panel » Trees section
The Trees section of the Explorer panel is used to control which phylogenetic tree is displayed in the Tree view, and allows you to create additional trees or delete them. *Note: If you are instead seeking information on the Tree section of the Style panel, click…
Favorites section
MegAlign Pro Interface » Panels » Places panel » Favorites section
The Favorites section is similar to the bookmarks folder for a web browser. It contains a list of previously-visited locations that you have decided you may wish to visit again. To access the Favorites section: Click on the Places panel expand bar entitled…
Part D: View the phylogenetic tree
Perform a Multiple Sequence Alignment » Try it! – Perform a genomic alignment with Mauve » Part D: View the phylogenetic tree
*Note: The images in this section show examples of how the trees might appear. Your trees may have different arrangements or different branch lengths from the ones shown. The current names of each sequence originated from the accession numbers that were embedded in…
Output files
Features » Map features (copy features to another sequence) » Output files
After running the Map Features step, the output consists of several files. File Name Notes PROJECT_map_features_console.txt Copy of the text that appeared for this mapping in the Console side panel in the MegAlign Pro user interface.…
Part B: Map a single feature
Features » Try it! – Map features » Part B: Map a single feature
In this part of the tutorial, you will map a single selected feature from the source sequence to the target sequence. In order to choose the appropriate mapping command, you will need to know where the source and target sequences appear in relation to one another in…
Multiple Alignment section
MegAlign Pro Interface » Panels » Style panel » Multiple Alignment section
To access options affecting the display of multiple alignments in the Sequences view, click on the Style panel expand bar entitled Multiple Alignment, or choose View > Style > Multiple Alignment. Task How To Designate the sequence you want…
Try It! – Follow a multiple alignment with Global pairwise alignments
Perform a Pairwise Sequence Alignment » Try It! – Follow a multiple alignment with Global pairwise alignments
This tutorial demonstrates a situation in which a pairwise alignment can help resolve a confusing placement of gaps within a multiple alignment. In this case, a multiple protein sequence alignment suggests that the protein sequence from a specific organism (Tupaia…
Distance metric options
MegAlign Pro Interface » Views » Distance view » Distance metric options
To change the distance metric used to generate the Distance view table, click the Change Analysis Parameters tool ( ) in the Distance view. This opens the Analysis Options dialog where you can specify the Metric and Gap Treatment. Another way to access the same dialog…
Console panel
MegAlign Pro Interface » Panels » Console panel
The Console panel displays information, messages and warnings about the operation in progress, or an operation that was recently performed. To display the console for a particular project: Click the tab with the project name, then open its console using the View >…
Part B: Perform a Mauve alignment using modified parameters
Perform a Multiple Sequence Alignment » Try it! – Perform a genomic alignment with Mauve » Part B: Perform a Mauve alignment using modified parameters
In this part of the tutorial, you will explore how to view and change parameters prior to performing a multiple sequence alignment. Choose Align > Align Using Mauve and align the sequences using the default parameters. Because this is a genomic alignment, the…
Search wizard: Query
Search for Sequences Online » Search for sequence matches (BLAST) » Search wizard: Query
The Query screen is the first of four screens in the BLAST Search wizard. The Query screen is where you add the query sequence, i.e., the sequence for which you wish to locate matches in the NCBI BLAST database. At the top of the screen, next to “Search…
Part A: Add, rename and align sequences
Features » Try it! – Map features » Part A: Add, rename and align sequences
Before mapping features in MegAlign Pro, you first need to add and align the sequences. If you have not yet downloaded and extracted the tutorial data, click here to download it. Then decompress (unzip) the file archive using the method of your choice. If a…
Rename sequences automatically using specified data fields
Sequences » Rename sequences automatically using specified data fields
The following procedure lets you create labels for one or more selected sequences automatically, using specified fields such as sequence length, organism, or description. To rename sequences using specified data fields: Select one or more sequence names from any…
Perform a Gene Homology Alignment
Perform a Gene Homology Alignment
The ability to do gene homology alignments was added in Lasergene 17.6, released in early 2024. This method is for nucleotide sequences only and is set up using a simple wizard with five screens. With this method, you can perform a phylogenetic analysis of much larger…
Tracks
Tracks
“Tracks” are rows of information that can be displayed or hidden, as desired, in the Overview and Sequences view. Tracks can pertain to a header, footer, or individual sequence row. The following video provides a brief overview of how tracks are used in…
Overview section
MegAlign Pro Interface » Panels » Style panel » Overview section
To access options affecting the Overview display, click on the Style panel expand bar entitled Overview, or choose View > Style > Overview. Task How to… Increase/decrease the amount of vertical space between sequence blocks Use the…
Translation track
Tracks » Translation track
If you used MegAlign Pro’s predecessor, MegAlign, you might recall being able to toggle between displaying the alignment as a nucleotide or protein sequence. MegAlign Pro improves upon that functionality by letting you display both versions of the sequence at the…
Part C: View a genomic alignment in the Overview
Perform a Multiple Sequence Alignment » Try it! – Perform a genomic alignment with Mauve » Part C: View a genomic alignment in the Overview
Once the alignment has finished, notice how the Overview has changed in response to the parameter change, including changes to the colors of the blocks, and differences in which blocks are hanging below the line (i.e., on the opposite strand). Locate the…
Search wizard: Options
Search for Sequences Online » Search for sequence matches (BLAST) » Search wizard: Options
The Options screen is the third of four screens in the BLAST Search wizard, and has two tabs: Selection and Matches. These tabs allow you to customize miscellaneous parameters relating to the BLAST search. Click the Selection tab to make it active. In the…
Homologs view
MegAlign Pro Interface » Views » Homologs view
The Homologs view displays the results of a gene homology alignment. To access the view, perform a gene homology alignment. Then click on the Homologs tab or choose View > Homologs > Show. Use the dropdown menu at the top left of the view to choose whether to display…