root@harvard.edu (Operator) (02/20/91)
The Genetic Data Environment (GDE) is going into beta release this week. The binary only release will run on Sun SPARCstations under X windows. The core editor/display is written in XView, and follows the OpenLOOK style guide. The system is a modular set of programs for multiple sequence alignment and analysis. The GDE uses an expandable user interface, and an external function calling mechanism. This allows the immediate addition of existing analysis functions to the system with only minor modification. Analysis functions written in any language can be added without the need to add a graphical user interface to them. Key features include: Color highlighting of sequence data. Ability to handle large data alignments (limited by virtual memory only) Several levels of sequence protection Split-screen editing Group functions. Current external functions include: Automated sequence alignment Homology searching against the NCBI database (network blast) Limited phylogenetic analysis Functions to demonstrate color attributing The system is being released to interested parties in order to demonstrate it's expandability. Later releases will include full source code, and other analysis functions currently under developement. Groups interested in receiving a copy of the beta release should send email to smith@nucleus.harvard.edu. Steven Smith Director of Computation Harvard Genome Lab. smith@nucleus.harvard.edu