What is CLUSTAL W and where is it installed at IU?

CLUSTAL W produces biologically meaningful multiple sequence alignments of divergent sequences. It calculates the best match for selected sequences and lines them up, so identities, similarities, and differences can be identified. CLUSTAL W can be useful:

• When designing experiments to test and modify the function of specific proteins
• In predicting the function and structure of proteins
• In identifying new members of protein families

At Indiana University, CLUSTAL W is installed on Big Red. For more, see Running CLUSTAL W on Big Red.

For more information about the availability of software on the Indiana University shared central systems, see At IU, what software is available on the research computing systems, and how may I request that software be added?

This document was developed with support from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under Grant No. 0503697 to the University of Chicago and subcontracted to Indiana University. Additional support was provided by IU through its participation in the TeraGrid, which is supported by the NSF under Grants No. 0833618, SCI451237, SCI535258, and SCI504075. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.