MacVector Pro now includes Assembler, a powerful sequence assembly plugin that brings sequence assembly directly to your desktop with the same user-friendly interface MacVector users have come to expect. Assembler simplifies the management, assembly, and analysis of all types of sequencing data. Assembler’s extensive toolkit has always been seamlessly integrated into MacVector, but previously required […]
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MacVector 18.7.3: a minor bug fix release
We’ve just released MacVector 18.7.3. This has a few minor bug fixes with calculating amino acid properties of a protein sequence: If you have not yet been prompted to upgrade then go to MACVECTOR | CHECK FOR UPDATES… or download the installer directly. MacVector 18.7.3 is fully supported on macOS High Sierra to macOS Sequoia.
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MacVector 18.7 – Change in Default Restriction Enzyme File Location
One change in MacVector 18.7, that will improve installation on multi user Macs, is that by default MacVector now stores restriction enzyme files in the user’s home folder. Since it’s the user’s home folder, it will always be writeable, even if the user does not have Administrator access to the machine. Additionally for a Mac […]
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MacVector 18.7.2
MacVector 18.7.2 update is now out We’ve just released another minor update to MacVector 18.7. Sorry to follow an update with another update so quickly but we discovered two minor, but annoying bugs. You will be prompted to update over the next few days (unless you have turned off update notifications). However, you can also […]
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MacVectorTip: How to Toggle Between Single-Letter and Three-Letter Amino Acid Translation Code
Many views in MacVector display amino acid translations above or below DNA sequences. Typically, these are from CDS features, but can also be the 3/6 frame translation of a sequence. You can display the amino acids as either the single-letter code, or as the three-letter code. You can toggle the setting using the MacVector | Preferences -> […]
MacVector 18.2 is out! …and ready for macOS Monterey
MacVector 18.2 Overview We are very pleased to announce that MacVector 18.2 is available to download. MacVector 18.2 is a Universal Binary that runs natively on both Apple Silicon and Intel Macs. It is fully supported on macOS Sierra (10.12) to macOS Monterey (12). New features: Align to Reference Enhancements The Align to Reference alignment algorithm […]
Importing SnapGene files into MacVector
MacVector will directly import SnapGene DNA files. You just need to use FILE | OPEN or double click the file. This is very useful when downloading plasmid sequences from the wonderful Addgene plasmid repository. Here’s a plasmid sequence downloaded from the Addgene website in Snapgene format. It’s been opened directly in MacVector by double clicking […]
Annotating primers to your sequence with MacVector
Designing a pair of primers to amplify a single feature is pretty quick with MacVector. Once you have designed a pair of primers with MacVector, you can quickly annotate both the primers and product to your sequence template. The annotation contains a timestamp and the primer’s characteristics. It also contains the full sequence of the primer, […]
MacVector are at the ASCB – EMBO 2017 meeting in Philadelphia
The MacVector team will be at the ASCB/EMBO 2017 meeting this coming Sunday. The conference starts on Sunday the 3rd of December and runs until Tuesday the 5th. It’s being held at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Our booth is 1002. If you are in Philadelphia for the conference please pop along and say “hi!”. We […]
Turning on/off the SCAN FOR missing Features and ORFs
If you’re running MacVector 15.5 or later then you will have noticed extra features annotated to your sequences. These are from the Scan for ORFs tool (added in MacVector 15.5) and the Scan For Missing Features (added in MacVector 16) tools that automatically scan every DNA sequence window for open reading frames, missing annotations and […]