The new version of Lasergene also incorporates significant updates to the sequence alignment and sequence assembly applications offered by DNASTAR. In response to customer feedback, DNASTAR has expanded their viral genome analysis workflow to support PacBio and Oxford Nanopore long reads, including data from PCR-amplified fragments generated using the ARTIC Network protocols. Users with data from ARTIC protocols can now take advantage of a custom algorithm in SeqMan Ultra to quickly assemble their sequenced amplicon data against a SARS-CoV-2 reference sequence and easily evaluate variants. For those who already have draft genomes assembled, Lasergene 17.3 offers the new MAFFT7 algorithm in MegAlign Pro for quickly aligning thousands of viral genomes to known strains. Additional enhancements include significant improvements to distance tables, making it easier to identify groups of interest in large data sets. A full list of enhancements and updates can be found in the Lasergene 17.3 release notes. Shawn...
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DNASTAR, Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, (www.dnastar.com) is a pioneer in the development and sale of software used to increase life scientists productivity using their desktop computer or on the Amazon Cloud. DNASTAR Lasergene supports molecular biologists, geneticists, and structural biologists in meeting virtually all of their DNA, RNA, and protein sequence needs, including Sanger and next-generation sequence assembly and analysis, protein sequence and structure analysis, protein structure prediction, antibody modeling, and protein-protein docking with easy-to-use, affordable, flexible computer software.
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