Peter M. Rice, Alan J. Bleasby, Jon C. IsonCambridge University PressEdition: Illustrated, 6/16/2011EAN 9780521607254, ISBN10: 0521607256Paperback, 394 pages, 24.6 x 17.3 x 2 cmLanguage: EnglishThe European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite (EMBOSS) is a well established, high quality package of open source software tools for molecular biology. It includes over 200 applications for molecular sequence analysis and general bioinformatics including sequence alignment, rapid database searching and sequence retrieval, motif identification and pattern analysis and much more. The EMBOSS User's Guide is the official and definitive guide to the package, containing comprehensive information and practical instructions from the people who developed it: • No prior experience with EMBOSS necessary • Set up and maintenance - get up and running quickly • Hands-on tutorial - learn EMBOSS the easy way, by working through practical examples • Data types and file formats - learn about the biological data that can be manipulated and analysed • In-depth explanation of the EMBOSS command line - learn advanced 'power user' features • Practical guides to popular EMBOSS GUIs (wEMBOSS and Jemboss)Acknowledgements1. Preface2. Conventions used in the manual3. Welcome to the EMBOSS user's manual4. Background to EMBOSS5. Basic set-up and maintenance6. Getting started7. Tutorial8. File formats9. The EMBOSS command line10. Applications and packages11. EMBOSS application reference12. EMBASSY application reference13. Interfaces14. Using EMBOSS under wEMBOSS15. Using EMBOSS under Jemboss."... this users’ guide is a comprehensive, detailed explanation of how to interact with EMBOSS. It is particularly useful for dedicated users of the system." Sara Kalvala, Computing Reviews
