Sequencer Menu (in Alignment Explorer)

Edit Sequencer File: This item displays the Open File dialog box used to open a sequencer data file. Once opened, the sequencer data file is displayed in the Trace Data File Viewer/EditorHC_Trace_Data_File_Viewer_Editor. This editor allows you to view and edit trace data produced by the automated DNA sequencer.  It reads and edits data in ABIRH_ABI and Staden The Staden file format is used to store data from DNA sequencing instruments. Each file contains the data for a single reading and includes the called sequence as well as additional data obtained from the reading. This file format was first described in Dear, S and Staden, R. “A Standard file format for data from DNA sequencing instruments”, DNA Sequence 3, 107-110, (1992) MEGA is able to display the contents of a Staden-formatted trace file using MEGA’s Trace File Editor, which is part of the Alignment Explorer.RH_Staden file formats and the sequences displayed can be added directly into the Alignment ExplorerHC_Alignment_Builder or send to the Web BrowserHC_Web_Browser for conducting BLASTHC_About_BLAST searches.