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| author | James E. Housley <jeh@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-02-11 16:24:18 +0000 |
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| committer | James E. Housley <jeh@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-02-11 16:24:18 +0000 |
| commit | c82fc943113baf5de2e9b2282c7f015ba8965de9 (patch) | |
| tree | e1341803fd3045f53f3dd1852e88928fc6e80c85 /biology/fasta/pkg-descr | |
| parent | b03bca912cc7f9544e8da92771777aaa85bcc9c4 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/biology/fasta/pkg-descr b/biology/fasta/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..b5230be12f67 --- /dev/null +++ b/biology/fasta/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +Version 2 of the FASTA packages contains many programs for searching DNA and +protein databases, performing sequence comparisons, producing local +alignments, and other related tasks. + +Currently, the FASTA2 suite is in maintenance mode. Updated versions of ONLY +the searching programs are available in version 3 of the FASTA packages, +which may be found in the port biology/fasta3. + +FASTA is described in: W. R. Pearson and D. J. Lipman (1988), "Improved +Tools for Biological Sequence Analysis", PNAS 85:2444- 2448, and W. R. +Pearson (1990) "Rapid and Sensitive Sequence Comparison with FASTP and FASTA" +Methods in Enzymology 183:63- 98). + +The FASTA2 suite is distributed freely subject to the condition that it may +not be sold or incorporated into a commercial product. + +Author: William R Pearson <wrp@virginia.edu> +WWW: http://fasta.bioch.virginia.edu/ + +-- Johann Visagie <johann@egenetics.com> |