| Title | NWGAP |
| Revision | 2.0 |
| Purpose | Global sequence alignment |
| Package type | Program |
| Application area | Biomedical, Sequence alignment |
| Abstract | NWGAP is a global sequence alignment program. NWGAP uses a modified version of the Needleman and Wunsch algorithm. The most signficant modification is that affine gap penalities can be used. Other modifications include user-defined reduced "set" alphabets. A variety of alignment methods can be selected, including match/mismatch, dayhoff pam-250, structure genetics, properties, and user-defined methods. NWGAP can be used to produce global alignments between two nucleic acid sequences, or two protein sequences. |
| Submittor | Alex Ropelewski |
| Contact | Alex Ropelewski |
| Phone | 412-268-4960 |
| ropelewski@psc.edu | |
| Company/ Institution | Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center 4400 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh, PA, 15213 |
| CUG Site Code | PSC |
| Distribution method | contact the following person: Alex Ropelewski |
| URL | |
| Distribution restrictions | none |
| Copyright | Copyright by PSC, with a free license to users to make a local copy. No redistribution is allowed. |
| License required | no |
| License fee | n.a. |
| Hardware | |
| Operating System | UNICOS 6.0 |
| Compiler(s) | CFT77 and C |
| Program support | When schedule permits |
| Documentation | README file, User Manual, test data |
| Portability to other UNIX systems | Program is mixed FORTRAN and C. There will naturally be some porting problems. |
| Additional comments | NWGAP uses the linear space version of the dynamic programming algorithm of Miller and Myers. |