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* Type + or - to make the sequences move left and right.
 
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===Step 1: Display in the Status Box===
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===Step 2: Display a vertical bar between exactly matching symbols===
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===Step 3: Translate DNA Sequence 1 when the user presses the key 1===
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===Step 4: Translate DNA Sequence 2 when the user presses the key 2===
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===Step 5: Keep track of longest subsequence of exactly matching symbols ===
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=== Step 6: Return automatically to best match found ===
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===Step 7: Animation: make the program shift both sequences and compute the best exact alignment===
  
 
==Resources and Links==
 
==Resources and Links==

Revision as of 19:59, 23 July 2008

DNA Sequence Alignment with Processing--A First Approach

DNA Align1.png

In this lab you will use a DNA alignment program written in Processing to explore the concept of aligning DNA sequences.

You may want to install Processing on your machine if it is not installed yet, and run through the very good tutorial listed in the resource section at the end to understand the basics of Processing. In this lab, however, we won't use any sophisticated 2- or 3-D graphics. Just moving text.

Methodology

  • Open the Processing edit window.
  • Copy and paste the following program into the edit window: DNA_Align.pde .
  • Save your program as DNA_Align.pde
  • Run the program.
  • Type + or - to make the sequences move left and right.
  • Notice that the number of exact matches is printed in the Processing console.

Step 1: Display in the Status Box

Step 2: Display a vertical bar between exactly matching symbols

Step 3: Translate DNA Sequence 1 when the user presses the key 1

Step 4: Translate DNA Sequence 2 when the user presses the key 2

Step 5: Keep track of longest subsequence of exactly matching symbols

Step 6: Return automatically to best match found

Step 7: Animation: make the program shift both sequences and compute the best exact alignment

Resources and Links

  • A good tutorial on Processing can be found here File:ProcessingTutorial.pdf
  • The main page for syntax help on Processing is processing.org/reference. A quick way to find information on a given topic in Processing, say on rectangles, is to enter something like this in the Google search bar: site:processing.org rectangle.