Open CLUSTAL file

CLUSTAL files: what are they and how do I open them?

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Format for multiple sequence alignment in CLUSTAL

Files that have a clustal extension are unique RNA/DNA files that follow one of the standard formats for multiple sequence alignment.

Further details:

CLUSTAL file format is a widely used format for multiple sequence alignment (MSA) of proteins or nucleotides. It was developed as part of the CLUSTAL package for sequence alignment. The file contains the aligned sequences along with information about the alignment process.

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