VCORCES.BISHOP@BIONET-20.BIO.NET (John Bishop) (01/08/89)
Dear Genbank-bb, Seems that people are in need of the translated database searching capability mentioned here in this bb by James Fickett and others a while back. Also seems Henikoff and Wallace have hit on a good AT class computer version of such searches (Nuc Acids Res 16(13):6191). I have heard that people are sending their stuff to Genentech to be done in such a fashion. $$$$? Are these plans being implemented? or should I get on the phone to Steve Henikoff now? John Bishop -------
kristoff@NET.BIO.NET (David Kristofferson) (01/09/89)
We hope to have software running on BIONET around the middle of this year to perform the type of database search that you mentioned. -- Sincerely, Dave Kristofferson BIONET Resource Manager kristoff@net.bio.net or kristofferson@bionet-20.bio.net
GORDON.BRADSHAW@BIONET-20.BIO.NET (Toby Bradshaw) (01/10/89)
Bill Pearson, for reasons of modesty, did not give sufficient praise to the FASTA suite of programs (including TFASTA). These comparison programs are easy to use, flexible in application, make very few "assumptions" about the sequences to be compared, have unparalleled support (Bill is just an e-mail away and usually answers within a day), and are amazingly fast. We have tried most of the search programs and have never found any with the overall power and speed of the FASTA series. Toby Bradshaw gordon.bradshaw@bionet-20.bio.net -------