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MacVector User Guide 3 4 MacVector User Guide 1 Introduction to the User Guide ....................................19 Overview....................................................................................19 The MacVector documentation set.............................................20 About this user guide..............................................................20 Conventions in this user guide...................................................20 Interface conventions .............................................................21 Navigation aids ..........................................................................21 2 Introduction to MacVector.............................................23 Overview....................................................................................23 MacVector sequence files...........................................................24 Starting Point dialog ..............................................................24 Sequence window ......................................................................24 Editing sequence data.............................................................25 Sequence maps ......................................................................25 Features and annotations........................................................26 The Text Sequence window .......................................................27 Analysis toolbar .........................................................................28 Site and motif searches ..............................................................28 Sequence comparison, alignment and phylogeny......................29 Aligning sequences to a reference .............................................29 Protein and nucleic acid toolbox analysis ..................................30 3 General Procedures...........................................................33 Overview....................................................................................33 Performing sequence analysis....................................................34 Viewing results...........................................................................35 Magnifying a graphic area......................................................35 Outputting results.......................................................................36 Saving graphics .....................................................................36 Formatting the text sequence display.........................................39 Formatting residue sequences .................................................40 Formatting features................................................................41 Formatting the aligned sequence display ...................................42 Formatting the aligned sequence .............................................44 Displaying a score line ...........................................................45 Displaying a query line...........................................................45 Formatting the map display........................................................46 Editing the global symbol set...................................................47 Editing the sequence symbol set...............................................57 Editing the general map appearance........................................59 MacVector User Guide 5 Printing maps ........................................................................62 Configuring the numeric keypad................................................64 4 Working with MacVector Files.....................................65 Overview....................................................................................65 MacVector file types ..................................................................66 Sequence files ........................................................................66 Enzyme files ..........................................................................66 Subsequence files ...................................................................66 Scoring matrix files ................................................................67 Codon bias files .....................................................................67 Multiple alignment files ..........................................................67 Managing files............................................................................68 Creating new files ..................................................................68 Opening files .........................................................................68 Saving files............................................................................70 Closing files ..........................................................................70 Enzyme files...............................................................................70 Selecting enzymes for site analysis...........................................71 Adding entries to an enzyme file ..............................................72 Copying entries between enzyme files.......................................73 Editing entries in an enzyme file ..............................................74 Deleting entries from an enzyme file ........................................74 Subsequence files.......................................................................75 Selecting subsequences for searches ........................................76 Adding entries to a subsequence file ........................................77 Copying entries between subsequence files...............................79 Editing entries in a subsequence file ........................................80 Deleting entries from a subsequence file...................................80 Scoring matrix files....................................................................81 Editing match and mismatch scores .........................................81 Editing hash codes .................................................................82 Editing tweak values...............................................................83 Sequence files ............................................................................84 5 Working with Sequences .................................................87 Overview....................................................................................87 The Sequence window ...............................................................88 Managing sequences ..................................................................88 Opening a sequence ...............................................................88 6 MacVector User Guide Creating a new sequence ........................................................89 Saving a sequence..................................................................89 Exporting view-specific data ...................................................92 Printing a sequence................................................................93 Closing a sequence.................................................................94 The Editor view..........................................................................94 Selecting residues...................................................................99 Adding residues ...................................................................101 Deleting residues .................................................................101 Reversing a sequence ...........................................................102 Complementing a sequence...................................................102 Reversing and complementing a sequence ..............................103 The Map view ..........................................................................103 The Features view ....................................................................104 Feature keywords.................................................................106 Adding a feature ..................................................................106 Editing a feature ..................................................................109 Deleting a feature ................................................................109 Sorting features....................................................................109 Using auto-annotation to add features and feature appearance information...............................................................................110 How auto-annotation works ..................................................110 Limitations