title: HOMED: a homologous sequence editor.
abstract: The alignment of homologous sequences with each other and their display has proved a difficult task, despite a frequent requirement for this process. HOMED enables related sequences to be edited and listed in parallel with each other. The editor function uses a full screen editor which emulates the text editors KED and EDT (on PDP-11 and VAX-11 respectively) and which can be adapted to emulate other text editors. This emulation has been adopted to simplify user learning of editing functions. HOMED provides functions for listing the sequences in a variety of formats and for generating a consensus sequence as well as providing a series of tools for maintenance of the sequence database. HOMED has been implemented in Pascal in a modular fashion to enhance portability.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Stockwell
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Petersen
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001483:Base Sequence; D007256:Information Systems; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D012984:Software