Dictionary » A » Alignment

Alignment

Alignment

1. The longitudinal position of a bone or limb.

2. The act of bringing into line.

3. In dentistry, the arrangement of the teeth in relation to the supporting structures and the adjacent and opposing dentitions.

Synonym: alinement.

Origin: fr. Aligner, to line up, fr. L. Linea, line


Please contribute to this project, if you have more information about this term feel free to edit this page



Results from our forum


Data analysis: DNA alignment HELP?

As genes encoding cyclin-dependent kinases had been cloned from Schizosaccharomyces pombe, the fission yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisae, the budding yeast, and human cells, investigators working in plant systems designed experiments to determine whether plants also possessed CDKs that functioned as th...

See entire post
by TToe
Mon Feb 18, 2013 10:40 am
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Data analysis: DNA alignment HELP?
Replies: 1
Views: 120

Bioinformatics - DNA sequencing

Take a look at the DNA alignment of two genes: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/Tools/services/rest/emboss_needle/result/emboss_needle-I20121203-233912-0692-97003408-pg/aln The Homo Sapien is the longest DNA sequence. If the Homo Sapien gene has ...

See entire post
by TToe
Wed Dec 05, 2012 4:01 am
 
Forum: Bioinformatics
Topic: Bioinformatics - DNA sequencing
Replies: 2
Views: 431

Sequence allignment questions

... acids which are important for human adenovirus 1B function (had), but not for ns5 (chickxns5) ? If there are any, again indicate ALL these on your alignment and explain your reasoning.

See entire post
by TToe
Fri Nov 23, 2012 7:10 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Sequence allignment questions
Replies: 1
Views: 360

Sequence allignment questions

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/Zinc-finger-seq-alignment2.png ':' means Conservative amino acids. As we know it's the replacement of an amino acid residue with another one with similar properties, so why do the amino acids with the ':' ...

See entire post
by TToe
Fri Nov 23, 2012 3:51 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Sequence allignment questions
Replies: 6
Views: 812

How do I create the sequence contig of this DNA?

you have to do basically multiple alignment

See entire post
by JackBean
Wed Nov 21, 2012 6:11 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: How do I create the sequence contig of this DNA?
Replies: 2
Views: 415
View all matching forum results

This page was last modified 21:16, 3 October 2005. This page has been accessed 1,228 times. 
What links here | Related changes | Permanent link