acedb recognisez the upac code
n is sometimes shown as - in displays
w, s etc are recognized and used by acedb in numerous cases
like in non matching ovelapping cosmids
x is NOT a UPAC letter
so this whole letter is just creating confusion
and should have been removed by the moderator
jean thierry-mieg
>To: bionet-software-acedb at moderators.isc.org>From: Keith Bradnam <keith at thale.life.nottingham.ac.uk>
>Subject: x-rated acedb
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>>>Hi all,
>>I've just discovered that tf you read a sequence into Acedb which contains
>an 'x' (representing an unspecified base) it seems to convert it into an
>insertion ('-'). It also messes up the format of the sequence in tree display
>(at least in AceBrowser).
>>I know that 'N's are 'allowed' by acedb, but this made me start thinking
>whether acedb recognises any of the other internationally agreed symbols,
>e.g. 'w' for weak (A or T) etc.
>>Anyone know any more about this - is acedb just misbehaving here, or is
>there any sort of reason for converting 'x' into '-'???
>>Keith
>>~ Keith Bradnam - Developer, Arabidopsis Genome Resource (AGR)
>~ Nottingham Arabidopsis Stock Centre - http://nasc.nott.ac.uk/>~ University Park, University of Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
>~ Tel: (0115) 951 3091
>>>>
