| mse

## Function

Multiple Sequence Editor

## Description

This is a port of Will Gilbert's MSE multiple sequence editor from the original C code.

## Algorithm

## Usage

Here is a sample session with mse

    % mse dna.msf msf::mse.msf
    Multiple Sequence Editor

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Go to the output files for this example

## Command line arguments

       Standard (Mandatory) qualifiers:
      [-sequence]          seqset     File containing a sequence alignment
      [-outseq]            seqoutset  [<sequence>.<format>] Sequence set filename
                                      and optional format (output USA)

       Additional (Optional) qualifiers: (none)
       Advanced (Unprompted) qualifiers: (none)
       Associated qualifiers:

       "-sequence" associated qualifiers
       -sbegin1            integer    Start of each sequence to be used
       -send1              integer    End of each sequence to be used
       -sreverse1          boolean    Reverse (if DNA)
       -sask1              boolean    Ask for begin/end/reverse
       -snucleotide1       boolean    Sequence is nucleotide
       -sprotein1          boolean    Sequence is protein
       -slower1            boolean    Make lower case
       -supper1            boolean    Make upper case
       -sformat1           string     Input sequence format
       -sdbname1           string     Database name
       -sid1               string     Entryname
       -ufo1               string     UFO features
       -fformat1           string     Features format
       -fopenfile1         string     Features file name

       "-outseq" associated qualifiers
       -osformat2          string     Output seq format
       -osextension2       string     File name extension
       -osname2            string     Base file name
       -osdirectory2       string     Output directory
       -osdbname2          string     Database name to add
       -ossingle2          boolean    Separate file for each entry
       -oufo2              string     UFO features
       -offormat2          string     Features format
       -ofname2            string     Features file name
       -ofdirectory2       string     Output directory

       General qualifiers:
       -auto               boolean    Turn off prompts
       -stdout             boolean    Write standard output
       -filter             boolean    Read standard input, write standard output
       -options            boolean    Prompt for standard and additional values
       -debug              boolean    Write debug output to program.dbg
       -verbose            boolean    Report some/full command line options
       -help               boolean    Report command line options. More
                                      information on associated and general
                                      qualifiers can be found with -help -verbose
       -warning            boolean    Report warnings
       -error              boolean    Report errors
       -fatal              boolean    Report fatal errors
       -die                boolean    Report dying program messages

Standard (Mandatory) qualifiers | Allowed values | Default
--- | --- | ---
[-sequence] (Parameter 1) | File containing a sequence alignment | Readable set of sequences | Required
[-outseq] (Parameter 2) | Sequence set filename and optional format (output USA) | Writeable sequences | <*>.format
Additional (Optional) qualifiers | Allowed values | Default
(none)
Advanced (Unprompted) qualifiers | Allowed values | Default
(none)

## Input file format

mse reads any normal sequence USAs.

### Input files for usage example

### File: dna.msf

    !!NA_MULTIPLE_ALIGNMENT

     dna.msf  MSF: 120  Type: N  January 01, 1776  12:00  Check: 3196 ..

     Name: MSFM1          Len:   120  Check:  8587  Weight:  1.00
     Name: MSFM2          Len:   120  Check:  6178  Weight:  1.00
     Name: MSFM3          Len:   120  Check:  8431  Weight:  1.00

    //

            MSFM1  ACGTACGTAC GTACGTACGT ACGTACGTAC GTACGTACGT ACGTACGTAC
            MSFM2  ACGTACGTAC GTACGTACGT ....ACGTAC GTACGTACGT ACGTACGTAC
            MSFM3  ACGTACGTAC GTACGTACGT ACGTACGTAC GTACGTACGT CGTACGTACG

            MSFM1  GTACGTACGT ACGTACGTAC GTACGTACGT ACGTACGTAC GTACGTACGT
            MSFM2  GTACGTACGT ACGTACGTAC GTACGTACGT ACGTACGTAC GTACGTACGT
            MSFM3  TACGTACGTA CGTACGTACG TACGTACGTA ACGTACGTAC GTACGTACGT

            MSFM1  ACGTACGTAC GTACGTACGT
            MSFM2  ACGTACGTTG CAACGTACGT
            MSFM3  ACGTACGTAC GTACGTACGT

## Output file format

mse outputs a graph to the specified graphics device. outputs a report format file. The default format is ...

### Output files for usage example

### File: mse.msf

    !!NA_MULTIPLE_ALIGNMENT 1.0

      mse.msf MSF: 120 Type: N 15/07/07 CompCheck: 2784 ..

      Name: MSFM1      Len: 120  Check: 8587 Weight: 1.00
      Name: MSFM2      Len: 120  Check: 5766 Weight: 1.00
      Name: MSFM3      Len: 120  Check: 8431 Weight: 1.00

    //

               1                                               50
    MSFM1      ACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTAC
    MSFM2      ACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTacgt....ACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTAC
    MSFM3      ACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTCGTACGTACG

               51                                             100
    MSFM1      GTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGT
    MSFM2      GTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGT
    MSFM3      TACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTAACGTACGTACGTACGTACGT

               101              120
    MSFM1      ACGTACGTACGTACGTACGT
    MSFM2      ACGTACGTTGCAACGTACGT
    MSFM3      ACGTACGTACGTACGTACGT

## Data files

None.

## Notes

None.

## References

None.

## Warnings

None.

## Diagnostic Error Messages

None.

## Exit status

It always exits with status 0.

## Known bugs

None.

## See also

Program name | Description
--- | ---
edialign | Local multiple alignment of sequences
emma | Multiple alignment program - interface to ClustalW program
infoalign | Information on a multiple sequence alignment
plotcon | Plot quality of conservation of a sequence alignment
prettyplot | Displays aligned sequences, with colouring and boxing
showalign | Displays a multiple sequence alignment
tranalign | Align nucleic coding regions given the aligned proteins

## Author(s)

This program is an EMBOSS conversion of a program written by Will Gilbert as part of his MSE package.

## History

## Target users

This program is intended to be used by everyone and everything, from naive users to embedded scripts.