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diff --git a/academic/EMBOSS/README b/academic/EMBOSS/README index 7c74ec3bc8..c45a7fe0ad 100644 --- a/academic/EMBOSS/README +++ b/academic/EMBOSS/README @@ -1,19 +1,32 @@ -EMBOSS is "The European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite". +EMBOSS is "The European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite". -EMBOSS is a free Open Source software analysis package specially -developed for the needs of the molecular biology (e.g. EMBnet) user -community. The software automatically copes with data in a variety of -formats and even allows transparent retrieval of sequence data from -the web. Also, as extensive libraries are provided with the package, -it is a platform to allow other scientists to develop and release +EMBOSS is a free Open Source software analysis package specially +developed for the needs of the molecular biology (e.g. EMBnet) user +community. The software automatically copes with data in a variety of +formats and even allows transparent retrieval of sequence data from +the web. Also, as extensive libraries are provided with the package, +it is a platform to allow other scientists to develop and release software in true open source spirit. EMBOSS also integrates a range of -currently available packages and tools for sequence analysis into a -seamless whole. EMBOSS breaks the historical trend towards commercial +currently available packages and tools for sequence analysis into a +seamless whole. EMBOSS breaks the historical trend towards commercial software packages. -For details and citation: -EMBOSS: The European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite (2000) -Rice,P. Longden,I. and Bleasby,A. Trends in Genetics 16, (6) pp276-277 +Within EMBOSS you will find around hundreds of programs (applications) +covering areas such as: + +- Sequence alignment +- Rapid database searching with sequence patterns +- Protein motif identification, including domain analysis +- Nucleotide sequence pattern analysis -- for example to identify CpG + islands or repeats +- Codon usage analysis for small genomes +- Rapid identification of sequence patterns in large scale sequence + sets +- Presentation tools for publication -If you want to use eprimer3 and multiple sequence alignment programs -like emma, you should install primer3 and clustalw. +Optional, run-time dependencies are clustalw and primer3 -- needed if +you want to use the wrappers emma and eprimer32. + +For details and citation: +EMBOSS: The European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite (2000) +Rice,P. Longden,I. and Bleasby,A. Trends in Genetics 16, (6) pp276-277 |