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'''ApE''', created and maintained by Wayne Davis from the University of Utah, is an free, basic sequence editor.

== Features ==

=== OS, data format ===
* runs on Windows, OS X, and Linux/Unix
* imports DNA Strider, Fasta, Genbank, EMBL and ABI sequence traces
* saves data in a modified Genbank file format (DNA Strider-compatible)
* exports BankIt feature table for sequence submission to NCBI GenBank
* export graphic files of sequence diagrams

=== Sequence markup and tools ===
* pre-existing expandable feature tables which can be used for automatic annotation 
* sequence search, e.g. for primers, probes, or restriction sites
* restriction sites and region markup in sequence and in a simple cartoon
* shows translation, Tm, %GC, ORF of selected DNA
* BLAST selected sequence at NCBI or wormbase
* virtual digest including gel diagram

== Links to the ApE homepage ==
* [http://www.biology.utah.edu/jorgensen/wayned/ape/ ApE plasmid editor homepage & downloads]
* [http://ape-a-plasmid-editor.wikispaces.com/ ApE wiki for question, answers, feature requests, bug reports, etc.]
* [http://www.biology.utah.edu/jorgensen/wayned/ape/Download/latest%20alphas/ download latest preview versions (alphas)]

== See also ==
* [http://mac.softpedia.com/get/Math-Scientific/ApE.shtml ApE review at softpedia]
* [http://openwetware.org/wiki/Arking:JCATutorialIntro9 An OWW tutorial using ApE]
* [[Wikiomics:Bioinfo tutorial#DNA sequence processing]]
* [[Biosoftware for Mac]]
* [[Sequence analysis]]

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