@article{(Open Science Index):https://publications.waset.org/pdf/4906, title = {Multiple Sequence Alignment Using Three- Dimensional Fragments}, author = {Layal Al Ait and Eduardo Corel and Kifah Tout and Burkhard Morgenstern}, country = {}, institution = {}, abstract = {Background: Dialign is a DNA/Protein alignment tool for performing pairwise and multiple pairwise alignments through the comparison of gap-free segments (fragments) between sequence pairs. An alignment of two sequences is a chain of fragments, i.e local gap-free pairwise alignments, with the highest total score. METHOD: A new approach is defined in this article which relies on the concept of using three-dimensional fragments – i.e. local threeway alignments -- in the alignment process instead of twodimensional ones. These three-dimensional fragments are gap-free alignments constituting of equal-length segments belonging to three distinct sequences. RESULTS: The obtained results showed good improvments over the performance of DIALIGN.}, journal = {International Journal of Computer and Information Engineering}, volume = {5}, number = {1}, year = {2011}, pages = {47 - 50}, ee = {https://publications.waset.org/pdf/4906}, url = {https://publications.waset.org/vol/49}, bibsource = {https://publications.waset.org/}, issn = {eISSN: 1307-6892}, publisher = {World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology}, index = {Open Science Index 49, 2011}, }