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12 | <h2>Gmaj: an Interactive Viewer for Multiple Sequence Alignments</h2> |
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13 | <p class=vvlarge> |
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14 | Gmaj is a tool designed for viewing and manipulating Generalized |
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15 | Multiple Alignments (GMAs) produced by sequence-symmetric alignment |
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16 | programs such as <a href="http://www.bx.psu.edu/miller_lab/">TBA</a> |
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17 | (though it can also be used with MAF format alignments from other |
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18 | sources). It can display interactive graphical and text |
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19 | representations of the alignments, diagrams showing the locations |
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20 | of exons and repeats, and other annotations -- all with the user's |
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21 | choice of reference sequence. |
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23 | The program is written in Java in order to provide a graphical |
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24 | user interface that is portable across a variety of computer |
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25 | platforms; indeed its name stands for "Generalized Multiple |
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26 | Alignments with Java". It requires <b>Java 1.3 or higher</b>, |
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27 | and for best compatibility |
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28 | <a href="http://java.com/en/download/manual.jsp">Sun's JRE</a> |
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29 | (or JDK) is recommended. |
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30 | <p> |
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31 | Gmaj can be run in two different modes: as a stand-alone |
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32 | application (for viewing local data files yourself) or as an |
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33 | applet over the world-wide web (to display your data on a server |
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34 | for viewing by others). These modes are mostly similar, but |
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35 | have a few minor differences due to the underlying capabilities |
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36 | of applets vs. applications in Java. |
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38 | <blockquote class=notop> |
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39 | <a href="http://globin.bx.psu.edu/java/gmaj/demo.html" |
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40 | >Applet demo</a> |
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41 | </blockquote> |
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43 | The current Gmaj distribution package is available for download |
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44 | as a compressed zip archive, |
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45 | <code><a href="http://globin.bx.psu.edu/dist/gmaj/gmaj.zip" |
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46 | >gmaj.zip</a></code>. |
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47 | <p> |
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48 | The following additional documentation files are included: |
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49 | <ul> |
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50 | <li> <a href="gmaj_news.html">What's New in Gmaj</a><br> |
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51 | A summary of the changes in each released version of Gmaj. |
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52 | (Note important <b>bug fix</b> on 2005-Sep-13.) |
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53 | <p> |
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54 | <li> <a href="gmaj_bugs.html">Known Bugs in Gmaj</a><br> |
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55 | A discussion of the known bugs and anomalies we have |
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56 | observed, but not yet resolved. Some of these may depend |
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57 | on your computer platform and/or version of Java. |
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58 | <p> |
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59 | <li> <a href="gmaj_install.html">Installing Gmaj</a><br> |
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60 | Describes how to unpack and set up Gmaj, for both |
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61 | stand-alone and applet use. |
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62 | <p> |
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63 | <li> <a href="gmaj_help.html">Starting and Running Gmaj</a><br> |
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64 | Describes how to start Gmaj and use the GUI, in both |
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65 | stand-alone and applet modes. This is the file that Gmaj's |
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66 | "Help - Manual" menu item points to. |
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67 | <p> |
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68 | <li> <a href="gmaj_input.html">Input Files for Gmaj</a><br> |
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69 | Detailed descriptions of the input files used by Gmaj, and |
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70 | their formats. |
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72 | <li> <code><a href="sample.gmaj">sample.gmaj</a></code><br> |
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73 | A sample template for the parameters file that tells Gmaj |
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74 | which data files to load, among other things. Includes |
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75 | explanatory comments at the bottom. This file is optional |
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76 | if you don't want to display any annotations or use the |
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77 | other features it provides. |
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78 | </ul> |
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81 | <p class=vvlarge> |
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82 | <hr> |
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83 | <i>Cathy Riemer, June 2008</i> |
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