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The various programs available for searching GCG databases using text-based or sequence-based searches and the programs that allow the user create their own flat-file databases using the Genetics Computer Group (GCG) and the X-windows SeqLab interface will be described. When appropriate the equivalent command line options will be listed using the same format as given in the GCG program manual, for example —WORDsize = 2. It will also be assumed that the reader has access to GCG help documents either through the SeqLab or SeqWeb interfaces or the GCG Program Manuals that come with the software package.
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Heard, D.J. (2003). GCG Database Searching. In: Krawetz, S.A., Womble, D.D. (eds) Introduction to Bioinformatics. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-335-4_28
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