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Charlie wrote:
>> I really like Vector NTI for cloning, but I hate the price. We have it on
> a Keyserver here at Stanford, but the nuisances of waiting for checked out
> keys and not being able to work from computers off campus are ... well ...
> nuisances.
>> I've been toying with the idea of an open source project to put together
> some molecular biology software similar to Vector NTI. I am mostly just
> interested in the cloning tools, but I think that it could be made modular
> enough to incorporate some of the other tools as well (alignments,
> bioplot, etc).
>> The limiting factor is that I don't want to do this all myself. I would
> like to do the project in Perl because of the many tools already available
> through Bioperl.
>> Anyone have any desire to embark on this journey with me? Anyone have any
> interest in using such software?
>> Charlie
I would be more than happy to give a hand. For the moment my coding skills
in PERL are quite rudimentary, but I like steep learning curves to climb.
For cloning, I think CloneIt from the french INRA could be a good stepping
stone.
http://locus.jouy.inra.fr/soft/cloneit/cloneit.htmlhttp://topaze.jouy.inra.fr/cgi-bin/CloneIt/CloneIt
I'm about to start working on the primer and plasmid database backend for
lab-stuff. So this could also be a start.
I also hate the price of VectorNTI, and have resigned myself to live
without. I am particularly hostile to propietary exclusive use of open
scientific knowledge. So if your in, count me in.
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