{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/multiple-sequence-alignment","display_name":"multiple sequence alignment","description":"Multiple sequence alignment is a computational method for aligning three or more biological sequences to identify shared patterns and evolutionary relationships.","display_name_alternatives":["alignment of multiple sequences","multiple alignment","multiple sequence alignments","MSA"],"ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/keywords/multiple-sequence-alignment","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1377767"},"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10015","display_name":"Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies","score":0.4577,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1312","display_name":"Molecular Biology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/13","display_name":"Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10015","display_name":"Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies","score":0.4577,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1312","display_name":"Molecular Biology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/13","display_name":"Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10044","display_name":"Protein Structure and Dynamics","score":0.1108,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1312","display_name":"Molecular Biology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/13","display_name":"Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}}],"works_count":9495,"cited_by_count":689091,"works_api_url":"https://api.openalex.org/works?filter=keywords.id:keywords/multiple-sequence-alignment","updated_date":"2026-10-20T04:07:40","created_date":"2022-04-12T19:38:12"}