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MAFFT

MAFFT is used to align multiple amino acid or nucleotide sequences. The mafft bundle packages version 7.520.

UFS HPC Usage Example

The following command can be executed in the terminal to load the bundle:

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module load mafft
The MAFFT utilities can be run as shown as below: 
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einsi
fftns
ginsi
linsi
mafft
mafft-distance
mafft-einsi
mafft-fftns
mafft-fftnsi
mafft-ginsi
mafft-linsi
mafft-nwns
mafft-nwnsi
mafft-profile
mafft-qinsi
mafft-xinsi
nwns fftnsi
nwnsi
The mafft_shell commmand can be used to access a shell in the mafft bundle. 
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mafft_shell

Performance Notes

No performance notes available

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Benchmarks

No benchmarks available.

UFS HPC Community Guides and Tutorials

  • No community guides available.

Official site and documentation

Licensing Information

MAFFT is licensed under the BSD license.

Primary citation

External Guides and Resources

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