SEQUENCE DATA VISUALIZATION SOFTWARE

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP, WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE PROPHET II SYSTEM, POWERFUL NEW DATA VISUALIZATION SOFTWARE TO ENHANCE THE ABILITY OF THE BIOLOGIAL SCIENTIST TO PERCEIVE AND COMMUNICATE SIGNIFICANT INFORMATION IN DNA AND PROTEIN SEQUENCE DATA. PHASE I OF THE PROJECT FOCUSES ON THE SYSTEM ANALYSIS TASKS NECESSARY TO DESIGN THE SOFTWARE. THE SOFTWARE INCLUDES NEW ASE CAPABILITIES TO REPRESENT STYLED TEX (TEXT IN WHICH SUCH ATTRIBUTES AS FONT, STYLE, AND COLOR CAN VARY FROM ONE CHARACTER TO ANOTHER) AND TO RPESENT STYLED TEXT EFFECTIVELY ON GRAPHICS WORKSTATIONS AND LASER PRINTERS. THE STYLED TEXT CAPABILITY, ALONG WITH PROPHET'S EXISTING AND FUTURE SEQUENCE EDITING AND ANALYSIS ALGORITHMS, WILL BE COMBINED INTO AN INTEGRATED SEQUENCE VISUALIZATION TOOL TO SUPPORT PATTERN RECOGNITION OF MULTIPLY-ALIGNED SEQUENCES. PHASE II WILL CONSIST OF THE IMPLEMENTATON OF THIS SOFTWARE AND ITS EVALUATION BY THE PROPHET USER COMMUNITY AND BY OUTSIDE EXPERTS.