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CLUSTAL

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CLUSTAL multiple sequence alignment format

File type: Various data file

Files with clustal extension are special RNA/DNA files one of the standard multiple sequence alignment format.

What is clustal file?

File type category:
Various data file

Date updated: February 21, 2024

File extension clustal is used for one of the standard output format of alignments generated by clustal algorithms.

There have been many versions of Clustal over the development of the algorithm, including ClustalV, ClustalW, ClustalX or Clustal2.

It is often used in bioinformatics to represent multiple sequence alignments, where sequences are arranged in rows and aligned characters are in columns. This format is supported by many bioinformatics tools and databases for sequence analysis.

Associated software actions with the clustal file

Software apps that import clustal files:

Multiplatform

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