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USER GUIDE Vector NTI® Express Software Publication Part Number MAN0006009 Revision Date 15 January 2012 For Research Use Only. Not for use in diagnostic procedures. For research use only. Not intended for any animal or human therapeutic or diagnostic use. Copyright © 2012 Life Technologies Corporation. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in retrieval systems, or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means: electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual, or otherwise, without prior written permission from Life Technologies Corporation (hereinafter, “Life Technologies”). The information in this guide is subject to change without notice. Life Technologies and/or its affiliates reserve the right to change products and services at any time to incorporate the latest technological developments. Although this guide has been prepared with every precaution to ensure accuracy, Life Technologies and/or its affiliates assume no liability for any errors or omissions, nor for any damages resulting from the application or use of this information. Life Technologies welcomes customer input on corrections and suggestions for improvement. Trademarks BioBrick is a trademark of the BioBricks Foundation, Inc. The BioBrick trademark is used herein merely for the purpose of fair use. The BioBricks Foundation, Inc. is not affiliated with Life Technologies Corporation. The BioBricks Foundation, Inc has not authorized, sponsored or otherwise endorsed this product or our use of the BioBrick trademark herein. Information about BioBrick™ and the BioBricks Foundation, Inc. can be found at www.biobricks.org. TaqMan is a registered trademark of Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. GeneArt is a registered trademark of GENEART AG. Windows and Microsoft are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Macintosh, Mac, and Mac OS are registered trademarks of Apple, Inc. Limited Use Label License: For Research Use Only The purchase of this product conveys to the purchaser the limited, non-transferable right to use the product only to perform internal research for the sole benefit of the purchaser. No right to resell this product or any of its components is conveyed expressly, by implication, or by estoppel. This product is for internal research purposes only and is not for use in commercial applications of any kind, including, without limitation, quality control and commercial services such as reporting the results of purchaser's activities for a fee or other form of consideration. For information on obtaining additional rights, please contact [email protected] or Out Licensing, Life Technologies, 5791 Van Allen Way, Carlsbad, California 92008. Technical Resources Additional technical resources for Vector NTI® Express Software are available online at: http://lifetechnologies/vectornti To obtain personalized technical support by telephone or email, you must have a paid annual software maintenance and support contract. To purchase a contract, email [email protected] or contact your local Life Technologies office. If you have a paid annual support contract: Email your question to [email protected] Or phone 800 955 6288 (North America) +44 (0) 141 814 6318 (Europe, Middle East, Africa) For additional technical support, visit www.lifetechnologies.com/support. Contents About This Guide . 11 Note on screen captures . 11 CHAPTER 1 Database Explorer . 13 Overview . 13 About this chapter . 13 Archives . 14 Open the Database Explorer . 14 Components of the Database Explorer . 15 Types of databases . 15 Subsets . 16 Open files . 16 Database Explorer operations . 17 Create DNA/RNA and protein molecules . 17 Create a DNA/RNA molecule . 18 Create a Protein molecule . 19 Create gel markers, oligos, and enzymes . 19 Create a gel marker . 19 Create an oligo . 19 Create an enzyme . 20 Import data . 21 Import molecules . 21 File formats . 21 Import files . 22 Manage data . 23 Manage Database, Projects, and Results databases . 23 Manage Database, Projects, and Results subsets . 23 Manage database objects . 25 Edit data . 28 Edit enzyme properties . 28 Edit oligo properties . 29 Edit gel marker properties . 29 Open other applications . 30 Copy, save, and print molecules . 30 Copy a molecule . 30 Save a molecule . 32 Vector NTI® Express Software User Guide 3 Contents Print molecule data . 33 Manage the Projects database . 33 Create a project . 33 Open a project . 33 Manage Projects subsets . 33 Delete Projects subsets . 34 Manage the Results database . 34 View results . 34 Manage Results subsets . 34 Workgroup Shared Database . 34 About workgroup shared databases . 35 Connect to a workgroup shared database . 35 Add users to a workgroup shared database . 36 A user name should be one word without spaces.Edit users in a workgroup shared database 37 Delete users from a workgroup shared database . ..