>vaidyaa at HAL.HAHNEMANN.EDU writes:
>I have seen a few papers in which authors have used PRETTYBOX program of GCG to
>display multiple sequence alignments in which identical positions are
>negatively highlighted and conserved substitutions are boxed in stipples. Does
>anyone know where one can find PRETTYBOX? It is not listed in our GCG manual
>(Release 7.3-VMS). Forgive me if this is a FAQ. I am also bothering my
>systems manager with this query...
PrettyBox is not an official part of the GCG package. It was written
by myself and released to the general public a couple years ago. I have
not updated the program since then ... this is both good (there aren't
any major bugs in the program) and bad (some features, such as encapsulated
postscript & better protein display & documentation, should be incorporated
into the program. One of these days I'll get back to working on PrettyBox.
The program can be found at any of the major bio archives --
ftp.bio.indiana.edu
embl (I forget the address)
and so on.
I am also sending you a copy via email.
-- Rick Westerman, System Manager, ACLCB, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN
westerm at aclcb.purdue.edu
