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Desmond G. Higgins | Researchclopedia

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Desmond G. Higgins

University College Dublin ORCID

321

Works

146,583

Citations

66

h-index

127

i10-index

Research Topics

Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments

Affiliations

University College Dublin2002–2023

Buffalo State University2002–2002

SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics2007–2008

European Bioinformatics Institute1995–2007

University College West Flanders2013–2013

Top Works

CLUSTAL W: improving the sensitivity of progressive multiple sequence alignment through sequence weighting, position-specific gap penalties and weight matrix choice

Julie Thompson,Desmond G. Higgins,et al.

199464,649 citations

Circular RNAs in diseases

Machine Learning in Bioinformatics

Clustal W and Clustal X version 2.0

Mark Larkin,Gordon Blackshields,et al.

200728,911 citations

Fast, scalable generation of high‐quality protein multiple sequence alignments using Clustal Omega

Fabian Sievers,Andreas Wilm,et al.

201116,027 citations

T-coffee: a novel method for fast and accurate multiple sequence alignment 1 1Edited by J. Thornton

Cédric Notredame,Desmond G. Higgins,et al.

20007,023 citations

CLUSTAL: a package for performing multiple sequence alignment on a microcomputer

Desmond G. Higgins,Paul M. Sharp

19883,429 citations

Multiple Sequence Alignment Using ClustalW and ClustalX

Julie Thompson,Toby J. Gibson,et al.

20023,042 citations

Multiple sequence alignment with Clustal X

François Jeanmougin,Julie Thompson,et al.

19982,660 citations

CLUSTAL V: improved software for multiple sequence alignment

Desmond G. Higgins,Alan J. Bleasby,et al.

19922,395 citations

Clustal Omega for making accurate alignments of many protein sequences

Fabian Sievers,Desmond G. Higgins

20172,177 citations