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  Align two or more protein sequences using the Clustal Omega program

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  Batch search with UniProt IDs or convert them to another type of database ID (or vice versa)

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  Find sequences that exactly match a query peptide sequence

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Protein spotlight

a sense of direction

Survival depends on cues, mobility and a medium to evolve in. Cues - such as scents, sounds or colours for example - will attract organisms towards food, mating grounds and an environment in which they feel protected and are happy to stay. Thanks to them, organisms usually head off in a direction they expect will be to their advantage, using the means of locomotion they have, to cross all sorts of media…