RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Edlib: a C/C++ library for fast, exact sequence alignment using edit distance
JF bioRxiv
FD Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
SP 070649
DO 10.1101/070649
A1 Martin Šošić
A1 Mile Šikić
YR 2016
UL http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/08/23/070649.abstract
AB We present Edlib, an open-source C/C++ library for exact pairwise sequence alignment using edit distance. We compare Edlib to other libraries and show that it is the fastest while not lacking in functionality, and can also easily handle very large sequences. Being easy to use, flexible, fast and low on memory usage, we expect it to be a cornerstone for many future bioinformatics tools.Source code, installation instructions and test data are freely available for download at https://github.com/Martinsos/edlib, implemented in C/C++ and supported on Linux, MS Windows, and Mac OS.Contact: mile.sikic{at}fer.hr