Sorry if this is a common request. I'm looking for some software to
help teach students the delights of DNA (and protein) sequence
analysis. It needs to be:
1. DOS/Windows
2. free
3. able to find restriction sites and search for short strings with
mismatches/gaps
4. able to find ORFs and translate them
5. hopefully able to give some details of the hypothetical proteins,
e.g. mol wt., amino acid composition.
We currently use a simple menu-based DOS program call 'Mount & Conrad',
which does all these things, but is not very colourful or flashy. I'm
afraid this is a case where style may need to outweigh substance to
some extent!!
Any thoughts? Thanks a lot,
Andy Bates.
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Dr. Andrew D. Bates Tel: (+44) (0)151 794 4322
Department of Biochemistry Fax: (+44) (0)151 794 4349
University of Liverpool Email: bates at liv.ac.uk
PO Box 147
Liverpool
L69 3BX, UK
