In article <6hj3d0$a8s at net.bio.net>, John Crock <jcrock at mail.wsu.edu> wrote:
> Our Vax operated GCG package is being shut down at our Univeristy. I am
> in charge of finding a new sequence analysis package for our
> Department. I am interested in knowing what is considered the premier
> package regardless of cost? We want to be able to enter
> ABI traces directly into the program and access them from various parts
> of the package. What are the genome people using?
>
> Is GCG the best?
> What about Intelligentics or DNAstar by lasergene?
> Are there others?
> Cost is not a factor
What you need depends on what you intend to do. Are you building huge
contigs, or sampling short ESTs and searching against the databases?
Looking for polymorphisms by sequencing multiple alleles?
I assume that you are assembling contigs by your ABI trace requirements.
A bit more info will be helpful
Andy Law
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( Andy.Law at bbsrc.ac.uk )
( Big Nose in Edinburgh )
