Getting Started
Use this document if you are a brand new MacVector user and want to know how to get started with basic MacVector functions like opening files, retrieving sequences from online services and performing basic sequence analyses and constructions.
Tutorials
When MacVector is installed on a computer, a collection of tutorials is placed into the /Applications/MacVector/Documentation/ folder. You can also download the latest versions of these.
Basic Techniques
Align To Reference – Sequence Confirmation
Sequence Annotation
Assembling Plasmids from NGS data
Cloning
Gibson Assembly and Ligase Independent Cloning
Advanced Techniques
Virtual Gene Cloning From RNA-Seq Data Tutorial and you’ll also need to download the sample data set.
Next Generation Sequencing Reference Alignments
RNASeq Human Transcriptome Analysis Tutorial and you’ll also need to download the sample data set.
Transposon Insertion Analysis Tutorial and you’ll also need to download the sample data set.
Workshop Manual
MacVector staff frequently visit customer sites to present workshops. These typically consist of working through some of the most popular tutorials along with a general overview of functionality as documented in the Getting Started Workshop Manual
Technical Notes
Rather than step-by-step guides to MacVector’s functionality, like the tutorials, Technical Notes are a more formal higher level of documentation that illustrates how to use MacVector to perform rigorous scientific analysis of sequences.
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