SYNOPSIS

stranslate [-options] <seqfile>

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the stranslate command.

stranslate is a program that creates a file of all possible protein ORFs, given an input nucleic acid sequence.

OPTIONS

Available options:

-a

Translate in full, with stops; no individual ORFs.

-h

Help; show brief usage and version info.

-l <minlen>

Report only ORFs greater than minlen (default 20).

-m

Require ORFs to start with AUG/Met.

-o <outfile>

Save results in output file.

-q

Quiet; silence banner, for piping or redirection.

-s <stopchar>

With -a, set stop character to <stopchar>.

--tetrahymena

Use the Tetrahymena/Oxytricha genetic code.

--watson

Only do the top strand (frames 0/1/2).

--crick

Only do the bottom strand (frames 3/4/5).

NOTE TO DEBIAN USERS

The original program name is translate. It was renamed to stranslate to avoid conflict with another program of the same name.

AUTHOR

Sean Eddy
HHMI/Department of Genetics
Washington University School of Medicine
4444 Forest Park Blvd., Box 8510
St Louis, MO 63108 USA
Phone: 1-314-362-7666
FAX  : 1-314-362-2157
Email: [email protected]
This manual page was written by Nelson A. de Oliveira <[email protected]>,
for the Debian project (but may be used by others).