A platform-independent graphical user interface for SEQSEE and XALIGN.

Abstract

SEQSEE (Wishart et cil., 1994a) and XALIGN (Wishart et cil., 1994b) are two text-based, menu-driven programs developed specifically for comprehensive protein sequence analysis. Originally compiled to run on SUN and SGI workstations only, SEQSEE and XALIGN have been distributed to more than 300 laboratories around the world. Both programs have been used in a variety of applications ranging from routine sequence analysis to the identification of previously unknown sequence relationships (Upton et cil., 1992, 1993; Dulhanty and Riordan, 1994). Since releasing these programs, we have received numerous requests asking if they could be ported to additional computer platforms (Macintosh and PC) or if the text-based menus could be replaced with a more friendly graphical user interface (GUI).