Sequence manipulation programs - (Dec/14/2006 )
Hello All,
I use DNA strider (old version) on Mac 10.4 and it a pain to work with it, it slows down my machine really badly. I saw a sticky pinned in the beginning of the forum but didn't really answer my question so would like to know which programs other users of this forum use.
If there is any program that has windows as well as Mac version, its best.
Even otherwise, please post your programs along with the link to download full version of a demo. If you switched to this program from some other one, please let us know why did you do that?, like any feature you liked/hated etc.
Thank you.
I am using ApE:
http://www.biology.utah.edu/jorgensen/wayned/ape/
In the past I used Omiga, is a little bit expensive, but is very complete and easy to use. I think that they have a free demo version. I had use other free programs like clustal w and x. But sometimes this free programs are a pain to use and the results are not as good as expected. If your PI have money and want really good results is best to expend a little extra and buy a good software.
That is the reason, I am trying to find out which program is used more. Its features etc, otherwise I will have to resort to freewares.
I check the company and apparently they change the product, but have 2software for PC and Mac. Check the link and good luck!
http://www.accelrys.com/solutions/molbio/
i use bioedit and pDRAW32 which are free.
then for sequence manipulation, i go to bioinformatics.net
I "grew up" with MacVector and loved it. After being forced into the PC world, I lamented its loss. Since you have a Mac, I would recommend that you check it out. It's expensive, though. I haven't come across any PC package that is as comprehensive and integrated. I'm forced to use DNASTAR where I work, which sucks. Often though, I will use BioEdit. It does some things well - others not so well, but it's free.