Genome Viewers/Editors - Three of the Best
A number of online and offline genome are viewers available, each with it’s own set of pros and cons. Here is an overview three. Artemis Artemis is a genome viewer available from Sanger Institute. Its a java based tool with a 3-paned interface window that depicts the genome at various resolutions. Alternating between the different resolutions is a bit tricky but once you get a hold of it shouldn’t be difficult. There is a also search tool that allows your to track down the particular feature that you’re looking for. A great feature of Artemis is that it allows you to edit the sequence annotations and features. Although the tool isn’t perfect and is a bit finicky at times, it gets the job done. Artemis supports the most common filetypes -EMBL, GENBANK, FASTA or raw format. Extra sequence features can be added in in EMBL, GENBANK or GFF format. The best thing I like about Artemis is that there is a web version as well as an offline version, which means once you get used to it you ca...