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Since the beginning of big genome sequencing, initiated by the work on the nematode Caenhorhabditis elegans, the Staden group has concentrated on developing methods to increase the efficiency of these large-scale projects. In the course of this, we have designed and implemented a sophisticated and intuitive graphical user interface for use in our programs GAP4 and PREGAP4. This interface has also been used in our sequence analysis program SPIN, but as it has not been the main focus of our efforts, SPIN is still limited in the number and variety of the functions it contains. The EMBOSS project was initiated to provide a comprehensive set of sequence analysis tools that would be available free to all and has made rapid progress towards this goal. However, it did not have a graphical user interface and this limited its usefulness. It was felt that the combination of SPIN and EMBOSS would provide a powerful package.
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Staden, R., Judge, D.P., Bonfield, J.K. (2003). Analyzing Sequences Using the Staden Package and EMBOSS. In: Krawetz, S.A., Womble, D.D. (eds) Introduction to Bioinformatics. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-335-4_24
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