Smith S W, Overbeek R, Woese C R, Gilbert W, Gillevet P M
Millipore BioImage, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Comput Appl Biosci. 1994 Dec;10(6):671-5. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/10.6.671.
An X-Windows-based graphic user interface is presented which allows the seamless integration of numerous existing biomolecular programs into a single analysis environment. This environment is based on a core multiple sequence editor that is linked to external programs by a user-expandable menu system and is supported on Sun and DEC workstations. There is no limitation to the number of external functions that can be linked to the interface. The length and number of sequences that can be handled are limited only by the size of virtual memory present on the workstation. The sequence data itself is used as the reference point from which analysis is done, and scalable graphic views are supported. It is suggested that future software development utilizing this expandable, user-defined menu system and the I/O linkage of external programs will allow biologists to easily integrate expertise from disparate fields into a single environment.
本文介绍了一种基于X窗口的图形用户界面，它能够将众多现有的生物分子程序无缝集成到一个单一的分析环境中。该环境基于一个核心多序列编辑器，通过用户可扩展的菜单系统与外部程序相连，并在Sun和DEC工作站上得到支持。与该界面相连的外部功能数量没有限制。可处理的序列长度和数量仅受工作站上虚拟内存大小的限制。序列数据本身用作进行分析的参考点，并支持可缩放的图形视图。建议未来利用这种可扩展的、用户定义的菜单系统以及外部程序的输入/输出链接进行软件开发，这将使生物学家能够轻松地将不同领域的专业知识集成到一个单一环境中。
