What is Webcutter?
Webcutter is an on-line tool for restriction
mapping
nucleotide sequences. It features:
- Customizable enzyme database
- Monthly enzyme updates
- Automatic sequence search-and-input
- Quick links to gene searches
- Worldwide accessibility via internet
- September 30: Swedish mirror
-
This mirror site was established to supplement the original site
at
http://firstmarket.com/firstmarket/cutter in the United States.
- Many
thanks to Tore Samuelsson at the University of Goteburg for
his generous donation of processor space, and his assistance in building
the mirror
- August 29: Frequency ranges
-
The option of searching for enzymes that cut within a range of
frequencies was added
- Thanks to Klaus Salger at the
University of Meunchen for the idea
- August 18:
SeqSeek
- SeqSeek, a script for direct sequence
retrieval from NCBI's GenBank, was written and integrated into
WebCutter
- Thanks to David Landsman at the National
Institute of Health for the idea
- If there's a feature you'd like to see in WebCutter, please
suggest it!
On the bottom half of this page, you will find ways to
customize your
digest. If you experience any problem with Webcutter or if you have any
suggestions for its improvement, please
let the author know.
Credits
Webcutter was written and designed by Max Heiman while working as a
summer student in Dr. Steven Reeves' lab in Molecular NeuroOncology
at Mass. General Hospital. The space for this copy of WebCutter was
kindly provided by Dr. Tore Samuelsson at the University of Goteburg.
WebCutter is mirrored
in the United States. Processor space there is borrowed from
First Market Research, a firm
specializing in high-technology studies.
Over-the-shoulder support during WebCutter's development
was furnished by Bib Sinha, David Lisle, Andy
Hong, and Dr. Reeves.
Special thanks for debugging assistance go to
Dana Macelis, programmer for New England
BioLabs' REBASE, from which Webcutter's enzyme database is taken,
and to Pedro Coutinho, maintainer of
Pedro's
Biomolecular Research Tools.
To the best of the author's
knowledge
Webcutter works great; however, use it at your own risk.
Webcutter
1.0, copyright 1995 Max Heiman. Please send suggestions to
maxwell@minerva.cis.yale.edu
or visit the author's home page.