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RepFind (promoter find) is a MS-DOS program to identify common repetitive 
elements in DNA sequence. It is also able to identify and mask vector sequence.

The program accepts sequence files in GenBank, EMBL, Fasta and plain format.
It requires a 386 microprocessor or higher. RepFind is designed to operate 
in tandem with two other programs, SorFind (that predicts coding exons in 
vertebrate DNA) and PromFind (that identifies promoter regions in vertebrate 
DNA). All three programs create a feature table, or if one is already present 
modifies the feature table to include the predictions. 

The program is packaged as a self-executing binary file that contains 
the following files:

RepFind.exe	- the MS-DOS executable
RepFind.doc	- a manual in Microsoft Word format
RepFind.txt	- the same manual as a text file (not as 
pretty)

There are also files in 3 subdirectories:

HUMAN		- a collection of common human repetitive elements
RODENT	- an expandable file of rodent repeats
TEST		- files that can be used to demonstrate the examples in the 		manual

The program are provided free of charge, and as such there is no warranty, 
expressed or implied.

Gordon B. Hutchinson (hutch@netshop.bc.ca)
July 9, 1996