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From: NUM208JN@NRCCAD.NRC.CA (JOHN NASH)
Newsgroups: bionet.software
Subject: Re: Sequence representations
Message-ID: <9009190330.AA15105@genbank.bio.net>
Date: 18 Sep 90 15:50:00 GMT
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In response to the comment by Ulrich Melcher on sequence changes:

UM>     I am not suggesting that databases or software be changed.
UM>ASCII codes for ACTG would still be the form that sequences are
UM>stored and manipulated by computers.  I am only suggesting that
UM>we change how those codes are depicted on the printed page.

I'm not too fussed about how these codes are depicted on a page.  However, when
I'm transcribing sequence by hand, I often use lower case "g" instead of G.
(Unfortunately, this could lead to confusion because g is often used for
"probably G".)

Just a thought,


     cheers,
     John,

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     John H.E. Nash <Bitnet: NUM208JN@NRCCAD.NRC.CA >
     Institute for Biological Sciences,
     National Research Council of Canada,
     Ottawa, Canada  K1A 0R6.

     Phone:  (613) 990-0990     Fax:    (613) 952-9092.
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