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Gene Construction Kit, GCK for short, is a commercial software mainly for making schematics of linear and circular DNA sequence (see screenshots on the right). | Gene Construction Kit, GCK for short, is a commercial software mainly for making schematics of linear and circular DNA sequence (see screenshots on the right). There is a Windows and a Mac version. | ||
== Pricing == | == Pricing == | ||
* typical academic single license just under $1000 | |||
* non-academic license ~$1800 | |||
== PROs == | == PROs == | ||
* good graphical overview of sequences | |||
* switch to DNA sequence | |||
* import features from NCBI (starting v3.0) | |||
* non-expiring license | |||
== CONs == | == CONs == | ||
* v3 files cannot be opened with v2.5 | |||
* slow development; no Mac Intel version as of 2010-11 | |||
* couple annoying bugs/feature shortcomings: | |||
: • some older GCK files cause v3 to hang; solution is to copy paste into new file and save in GCK3 | |||
: • opening the font menu can take several seconds if you have many fonts installed; should be in a separate window not to slow down mouse movement every time one moves past the Font command in the Format menu; | |||
: • search only takes 255 chars; not enough for many DNA searches | |||
== Links == | == Links == | ||
* [http://www.textco.com/gene-construction-kit.php Textco GCK product homepage] | |||
[[Category:In silico]] [[Category:Software]] [[Category:DNA]][[Category:Cloning]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 18:46, 29 December 2011
Gene Construction Kit, GCK for short, is a commercial software mainly for making schematics of linear and circular DNA sequence (see screenshots on the right). There is a Windows and a Mac version.
Pricing
- typical academic single license just under $1000
- non-academic license ~$1800
PROs
- good graphical overview of sequences
- switch to DNA sequence
- import features from NCBI (starting v3.0)
- non-expiring license
CONs
- v3 files cannot be opened with v2.5
- slow development; no Mac Intel version as of 2010-11
- couple annoying bugs/feature shortcomings:
- • some older GCK files cause v3 to hang; solution is to copy paste into new file and save in GCK3
- • opening the font menu can take several seconds if you have many fonts installed; should be in a separate window not to slow down mouse movement every time one moves past the Font command in the Format menu;
- • search only takes 255 chars; not enough for many DNA searches
Links
