Dear All,
What type of software are people commonly using these days for vector/
plasmid map editing, making/visualizing vector maps, and aligning
(small to medium size) DNA sequencing data? Preferably, it should not
be too expensive and be able to write text files, readable by other
programs.
I am familiar with VectorNTI, which is great for vector visualization
and editing; but I find it somewhat expensive. Sequencher seems good
to quickly align DNA sequences (such as from DNA sequencing) with
templates, but is not free. I have been using ApE for while for
alignments, but aligning many sequences is more cumbersome than in
Sequencher; I have not tested if Sequencher is good at visualizing and
editing plasmid maps.
Ideally, I would like to have a single program for both purposes
(vector editing and DNA sequence comparison). Does something like that
exist? What are the alternatives to above programs?
Thank you in advance.
Florian
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Florian Schmitzberger, PhD
Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Harvard Medical School
250 Longwood Avenue, Seeley G. Mudd 123
Boston, MA 02115, US
Tel: 001 617 432 5603
