acedb 4.2 now reads fasta format
4.1 does not i think (i can t remember if it does in fact)
fasta format is a file called
mydna.ace (other wise the file chooser won t prompt for it)
>ZC23A junk that will be kept as a remark
atgc
aggttdtggttc
atgcATGCTGATGC
TGA
TTGGTGG
ace format differs by the title line:
DNA ZC23A
atgc
aggttdtggttc
atgcATGCTGATGC
TGA
TTGGTGG
that is it: read the file
there will be a new sequence called ZC23A
pick it and run genefinder
you can then exports the translation to blast it etc