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  DNADragon - Readme.txt - Welcome to DNA Dragon Sequence - Contig Assembly Software!
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Getting started - No installation necessary!

* Download DNADragon as a ZIP-archive from http://www.dna-dragon.com

* Create a new folder on your computer (e.g. C:\DNADragon).

* Unpack the ZIP-file into that folder (use Windows Explorer or archive software, e.g. WinZIP, WinRAR, ...).

* In Windows Explorer open that folder and start DNADragon with a double click.

* To obtain a trial license please click the license button and follow the instructions as given.

  That's it!

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DNA Dragon is a MS Windows based software for the assembly of DNA sequences into contigs.

Features 
* Easy user interface 
* DNA Dragon handles complete sequencing projects with more than 100000 sequences. 
* Imports sequence data from various sequence and trace file formats: 
    sequence formats: FASTA, GenBank, EMBL, Text files, SOLiD CSFASTA files
    meta formats: ABI SOLiD GFF, Solexa Compact ASCII Read Format (SCARF), Illumina _seq.txt, Illumina FASTQ
    files, Illumina Qseq files
    alignment formats: Sequence Alignment/Map (SAM) Format
    trace file formats: SCF, ABI, AB1 
    standard flowgram files: SFF from 454 sequencers 
* This software saves its data in XML-conform project files containing all necessary data (sequences, trimming
  values, assembly parameters, traces, flowgrams, quality score values). Trace signals and flowgram data are
  saved in base64-encoded CDATA sections of the XML format.
* Automatic and manual sequence trimming.
* DNA Dragon relies on a fast index-based assembly machine which can be controlled with various assembly
  parameters. The assembler automatically sorts the sequences within the contigs to obtain a ladderized alignment.
* DNA Dragon supports quality score values as supplied by serveral data formats (ABI, AB1, SCF, SSF, etc.). These
  can be used for the discrimination of low- and high-quality regions as well as for trimming of the sequences.
* Trace/flowgram viewing.
* Base editing for proofreading of sequences.

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For further information visit:
 http://www.sequentix.de
 http://www.dna-dragon.com

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