Welcome to Pairwise Alignment

About the tool

This tool was created to help BioInformatics students learn about finding the optimal pairwise alignment between two sequences, protein or nucleotide.

How to use it

Start by entering the settings on the left panel and clicking start

Enter the values for each cell and pick an arrow that represents the traceback information for said cell by clicking the little box situated at the top left corner of each cell.

Resources

Pairwise Alignment

Input Matrix


Please select settings on the left panel and press start

Input Alignment

s1:
s2:

Correct Matrix


Possible Alignments

Left

Top

Diagonal