* Trace viewers
Program |
Licence |
Packaging |
Importance |
Listed on microbio.wml? |
trev (Staden) |
BSD |
packaging the whole Staden seems difficlut |
vital |
yes (Staden) |
abiview (Emboss) |
GPL |
Debian-Bioinformatics |
vital as long as trev is not available |
yes (emboss) |
* Multiple alignment
Program |
Licence |
Packaging |
Importance |
Listed on microbio.wml? |
t-coffee |
GPL |
main |
free |
yes |
clustalw |
academic |
non-free |
very popular |
yes |
muscle |
Public domain |
main |
free |
no |
mafft |
academic |
looks easy |
rare |
no |
prrn |
academic |
looks easy |
rare |
no |
dialign |
proprietary ? |
no |
rare ? |
no |
* Other software
Task |
Program |
Licence |
Packaging |
Importance |
Listed on microbio.wml? |
Command-line sequence manipulation |
EMBOSS |
L/GPL |
unofficial |
vital |
yes |
Multiple alignment (graphic) |
pipmaker |
GPL |
looks easy |
free alternative to vista? |
no |
Multiple alignment (graphic) |
vista |
academic |
downloading sources require registration |
popular |
no |
Alignment editor |
xced |
adademic |
no sources available |
rare |
no |