In article <31B68CAC.710C at imb-jena.de>, dbauer at imb-jena.de says...
>>I know 2 program packages for IBM:
>PC/GENE runs under DOS and
>DNASTAR, both for DOS and Windows.
>They have also modules for contig assembly. I used both and prefer
>DNASTAR.
>>ALEX NECHIPORUK/CSMC/TEL 310 855 7612 wrote:
>> I am sequencing a novel gene. We pulled multiple cDNAs from the libraries.
>> After they fully sequenced I'll have to align all sequences together.
>> Can anyone recommend a user friendly software (I prefer PC-DOS or
>> Windows based) for multiple sequence fragment assembly.
It may be worth a glance at a publication by a colleague of mine;
Miller, MJ & Powell, JI (1994)
"A quantitative comparison of DNA sequence assembly programs"
J. Computational Biol. 1, 257-269
It turns out that some commercial offerings are extremely poor
at performing assemblies - even when the fragments have a very
low proportion of errors. If you want more details you can
get hold of Dr. Miller as mark at elsie.nci.nih.gov
I believe that the then version of PC/GENE was particularly
bad but that the company has since improved the program
considerably. I don't think Mark tested DNASTAR.
Bernard
Bernard Murray, Ph.D.
bernard at elsie.nci.nih.gov (National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda MD, USA)
"He's like an idiot savant -- minus the savant." -Crow T. Robot, MST3k
(The Skydivers)
