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Abstract

MICROSYMPOSIA C43 alignment programs. An extension of ESPript named ENDscript has been made available at the same electronic address [2]. It enables the creation from a single Protein Data Bank identifier, of a multiple sequence alignment figure adorned with secondary structures of each sequence of known structure. ENDscript uses programs such as BLAST, CLUSTAL and PHYLODENDRON to work on protein sequences and such as DSSP and CNS to work on protein coordinates. Similar structures are superimposed in turn with the program PROFIT. Final 3D figures are drawn with MOLSCRIPT, BOBSCRIPT and DINO, so as to show sequence conservation as well as structure conservation.