MacVector does have a built-in Entrez browser that lets you search the online Entrez GenBank database using keywords and retrieve matching sequences either To Disk or as sequence windows (To Desktop) without needing to leave MacVector. You can access this via the Database | Internet Entrez Search… menu item. I’m not going to discuss how […]
With the introduction of the Cloning Clipboard in MacVector 12.7 both single step and Multisite Gateway cloning can be easily designed, replicated and documented. The Cloning Clipboard allows you to assemble fragments by dragging compatible ends of digested fragments together to form new fragments. Every digest operation in a sequence window will place a fragment […]
The classic algorithm for aligning multiple protein sequences is ClustalW. Normally, it does a great job of aligning related DNA and Protein sequences and can handle thousands of sequences if required. However, one place where it struggles is if you are aligning non-overlapping segments of DNA or Protein against a parental full-length sequence. The reason […]
By default, MacVector uses upper case letters for sequence residues. However, you can also use lower case characters if you wish. Changing the case of residues does not affect the MacVector analysis algorithms – GAATTC, gaattc and gAAttC are all considered valid EcoRI sites for example. If you want to set a short region of […]
While most features you might encounter in DNA files have a simple start and stop location on the sequence, some features are segmented. For example, the coding sequence of a protein encoding reading frame containing introns is represented by a segmented CDS feature on the genomic DNA. MacVector has always understood that the individual segments […]
MacVector, Inc will be giving two training workshops on the NIH Main Campus tomorrow. Tuesday, September 11, 2012. 10:00 AM – 12:00 AM 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Sign up for the workshop (no charge) There is still space available for these two MacVector workshops. It is designed for both novice and advanced users. Our […]
So, you have a primer sequence and you want to know what its melting temperature is? Well, MacVector has a lot of Primer Design functionality, and sometimes its difficult to know where to start. If you have MacVector 12.6 or later, the easiest and quickest way to do this is using the Quicktest Primer functionality. […]