NAME
Psequin - submit sequences to Genbank, EMBL, and DDBJ
SYNOPSIS
Psequin [-b] [-bse] [-e] [-f filename] [-gc] [-h] [-oldaln] [-oldasn]
[-oldgph] [-oldseq] [-oldsource] [-s] [-w] [-x]
DESCRIPTION
Psequin is a program designed to aid in the submission of sequences to
the GenBank, EMBL, and DDBJ sequence databases. It was written at the
National Center for Biotechnology Information, part of the National
Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health.
Psequin can assemble the essential elements of a GenBank record from
simple FASTA-format text files. For example, the program obtains the
proper genetic code from an organism name, and automatically determines
coding region intervals by back-translation from the protein sequence.
An on-line help window scrolls to the appropriate place as the user
moves between and within data entry forms, giving relevant details on
what information is expected.
Psequin also contains a number of built-in validation functions for
quality assurance. Features such as splice sites and coding region
translations are checked for accuracy or internal consistency. Double-
clicking on an error message launches an appropriate editor by which
the user can correct any problems.
Psequin provides live, clickable views of the data in a variety of
formats, including a report form, GenBank flatfile, EMBL flatfile, and
a graphical view. Double clicking on an item in any of these formats
launches an editor for that item. The editor is capable of maintaining
correct feature table positions as the underlying sequence is edited.
It can display features on the sequence during editing, and allows
feature intervals to be adjusted by direct manipulation.
OPTIONS
-b Bioseq-set mode
-bse binseqentry mode
-e Entrez mode
-f filename
read from filename
-gc genome center mode
-h turn off automatic help
-oldaln
use old alignment reader
-oldasn
leave as old ASN.1
-oldgph
use old graphic view
-oldseq
use old sequence view
-oldsource
use old flat-file source format
-s subtool mode
-w workbench mode
-x read from standard input
AUTHOR
The National Center for Biotechnology Information.
SEE ALSO
sbtedit(1), tbl2asn(1), /usr/share/doc/ncbi-tools-x11/sequin.htm,
<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Sequin/>.