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Function

Multiple Sequence Editor

Description

This is a port of Will Gilbert's MSE multiple sequence editor from the original C code.

Algorithm

Usage

Here is a sample session with mse 


% mse dna.msf msf::mse.msf 
Multiple Sequence Editor

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Go to the output files for this example

Command line arguments 

Multiple Sequence Editor
Version: EMBOSS:6.3.0

   Standard (Mandatory) qualifiers:
  [-sequence]          seqset     File containing a sequence alignment
  [-outseq]            seqoutset  [.] Sequence set filename
                                  and optional format (output USA)

   Additional (Optional) qualifiers: (none)
   Advanced (Unprompted) qualifiers:
   -gcgmode            boolean    [N] Use GCG Unix mode for keyboard shortcuts
                                  and commands
   -protein            boolean    [$(acdprotein)] Sequences are protein

   Associated qualifiers:

   "-sequence" associated qualifiers
   -sbegin1            integer    Start of each sequence to be used
   -send1              integer    End of each sequence to be used
   -sreverse1          boolean    Reverse (if DNA)
   -sask1              boolean    Ask for begin/end/reverse
   -snucleotide1       boolean    Sequence is nucleotide
   -sprotein1          boolean    Sequence is protein
   -slower1            boolean    Make lower case
   -supper1            boolean    Make upper case
   -sformat1           string     Input sequence format
   -sdbname1           string     Database name
   -sid1               string     Entryname
   -ufo1               string     UFO features
   -fformat1           string     Features format
   -fopenfile1         string     Features file name

   "-outseq" associated qualifiers
   -osformat2          string     Output seq format
   -osextension2       string     File name extension
   -osname2            string     Base file name
   -osdirectory2       string     Output directory
   -osdbname2          string     Database name to add
   -ossingle2          boolean    Separate file for each entry
   -oufo2              string     UFO features
   -offormat2          string     Features format
   -ofname2            string     Features file name
   -ofdirectory2       string     Output directory

   General qualifiers:
   -auto               boolean    Turn off prompts
   -stdout             boolean    Write first file to standard output
   -filter             boolean    Read first file from standard input, write
                                  first file to standard output
   -options            boolean    Prompt for standard and additional values
   -debug              boolean    Write debug output to program.dbg
   -verbose            boolean    Report some/full command line options
   -help               boolean    Report command line options and exit. More
                                  information on associated and general
                                  qualifiers can be found with -help -verbose
   -warning            boolean    Report warnings
   -error              boolean    Report errors
   -fatal              boolean    Report fatal errors
   -die                boolean    Report dying program messages
   -version            boolean    Report version number and exit

Qualifier Type Description Allowed values Default
Standard (Mandatory) qualifiers
[-sequence]
(Parameter 1)		 seqset File containing a sequence alignment Readable set of sequences Required
[-outseq]
(Parameter 2)		 seqoutset Sequence set filename and optional format (output USA) Writeable sequences <*>.format
Additional (Optional) qualifiers
(none)
Advanced (Unprompted) qualifiers
-gcgmode boolean Use GCG Unix mode for keyboard shortcuts and commands Boolean value Yes/No No
-protein boolean Sequences are protein Boolean value Yes/No $(acdprotein)
Associated qualifiers
"-sequence" associated seqset qualifiers
-sbegin1
-sbegin_sequence		 integer Start of each sequence to be used Any integer value 0
-send1
-send_sequence		 integer End of each sequence to be used Any integer value 0
-sreverse1
-sreverse_sequence		 boolean Reverse (if DNA) Boolean value Yes/No N
-sask1
-sask_sequence		 boolean Ask for begin/end/reverse Boolean value Yes/No N
-snucleotide1
-snucleotide_sequence		 boolean Sequence is nucleotide Boolean value Yes/No N
-sprotein1
-sprotein_sequence		 boolean Sequence is protein Boolean value Yes/No N
-slower1
-slower_sequence		 boolean Make lower case Boolean value Yes/No N
-supper1
-supper_sequence		 boolean Make upper case Boolean value Yes/No N
-sformat1
-sformat_sequence		 string Input sequence format Any string  
-sdbname1
-sdbname_sequence		 string Database name Any string  
-sid1
-sid_sequence		 string Entryname Any string  
-ufo1
-ufo_sequence		 string UFO features Any string  
-fformat1
-fformat_sequence		 string Features format Any string  
-fopenfile1
-fopenfile_sequence		 string Features file name Any string  
"-outseq" associated seqoutset qualifiers
-osformat2
-osformat_outseq		 string Output seq format Any string  
-osextension2
-osextension_outseq		 string File name extension Any string  
-osname2
-osname_outseq		 string Base file name Any string  
-osdirectory2
-osdirectory_outseq		 string Output directory Any string  
-osdbname2
-osdbname_outseq		 string Database name to add Any string  
-ossingle2
-ossingle_outseq		 boolean Separate file for each entry Boolean value Yes/No N
-oufo2
-oufo_outseq		 string UFO features Any string  
-offormat2
-offormat_outseq		 string Features format Any string  
-ofname2
-ofname_outseq		 string Features file name Any string  
-ofdirectory2
-ofdirectory_outseq		 string Output directory Any string  
General qualifiers
-auto boolean Turn off prompts Boolean value Yes/No N
-stdout boolean Write first file to standard output Boolean value Yes/No N
-filter boolean Read first file from standard input, write first file to standard output Boolean value Yes/No N
-options boolean Prompt for standard and additional values Boolean value Yes/No N
-debug boolean Write debug output to program.dbg Boolean value Yes/No N
-verbose boolean Report some/full command line options Boolean value Yes/No Y
-help boolean Report command line options and exit. More information on associated and general qualifiers can be found with -help -verbose Boolean value Yes/No N
-warning boolean Report warnings Boolean value Yes/No Y
-error boolean Report errors Boolean value Yes/No Y
-fatal boolean Report fatal errors Boolean value Yes/No Y
-die boolean Report dying program messages Boolean value Yes/No Y
-version boolean Report version number and exit Boolean value Yes/No N

Input file format

mse reads any normal sequence USAs.

Input files for usage example

File: dna.msf

!!NA_MULTIPLE_ALIGNMENT

 dna.msf  MSF: 120  Type: N  January 01, 1776  12:00  Check: 3196 ..

 Name: MSFM1          Len:   120  Check:  8587  Weight:  1.00
 Name: MSFM2          Len:   120  Check:  6178  Weight:  1.00
 Name: MSFM3          Len:   120  Check:  8431  Weight:  1.00

//

        MSFM1  ACGTACGTAC GTACGTACGT ACGTACGTAC GTACGTACGT ACGTACGTAC
        MSFM2  ACGTACGTAC GTACGTACGT ....ACGTAC GTACGTACGT ACGTACGTAC
        MSFM3  ACGTACGTAC GTACGTACGT ACGTACGTAC GTACGTACGT CGTACGTACG

        MSFM1  GTACGTACGT ACGTACGTAC GTACGTACGT ACGTACGTAC GTACGTACGT
        MSFM2  GTACGTACGT ACGTACGTAC GTACGTACGT ACGTACGTAC GTACGTACGT
        MSFM3  TACGTACGTA CGTACGTACG TACGTACGTA ACGTACGTAC GTACGTACGT

        MSFM1  ACGTACGTAC GTACGTACGT
        MSFM2  ACGTACGTTG CAACGTACGT
        MSFM3  ACGTACGTAC GTACGTACGT

Output file format

mse outputs a graph to the specified graphics device. outputs a report format file. The default format is ...

Output files for usage example

File: mse.msf

!!NA_MULTIPLE_ALIGNMENT 1.0

  mse.msf MSF: 120 Type: N 15/07/10 CompCheck: 2784 ..

  Name: MSFM1      Len: 120  Check: 8587 Weight: 1.00
  Name: MSFM2      Len: 120  Check: 5766 Weight: 1.00
  Name: MSFM3      Len: 120  Check: 8431 Weight: 1.00

//

           1                                               50
MSFM1      ACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTAC
MSFM2      ACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTacgt....ACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTAC
MSFM3      ACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTCGTACGTACG

           51                                             100
MSFM1      GTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGT
MSFM2      GTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGT
MSFM3      TACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTAACGTACGTACGTACGTACGT

           101              120
MSFM1      ACGTACGTACGTACGTACGT
MSFM2      ACGTACGTTGCAACGTACGT
MSFM3      ACGTACGTACGTACGTACGT

Data files

None.

Notes

None.

References

None.

Warnings

None.

Diagnostic Error Messages

None.

Exit status

It always exits with status 0.

Known bugs

None.

See also

Program name Description
edialign Local multiple alignment of sequences
emma Multiple sequence alignment (ClustalW wrapper)
infoalign Display basic information about a multiple sequence alignment
plotcon Plot conservation of a sequence alignment
prettyplot Draw a sequence alignment with pretty formatting
showalign Display a multiple sequence alignment in pretty format
tranalign Generate an alignment of nucleic coding regions from aligned proteins

Author(s)

This program is an EMBOSS conversion of a program written by Will Gilbert as part of his MSE package.

Please report all bugs to the EMBOSS bug team (emboss-bug © emboss.open-bio.org) not to the original author.

History

Target users

This program is intended to be used by everyone and everything, from naive users to embedded scripts.