NAME

       spin - DNA editing and analysis tool (part of staden package)

SYNOPSIS

       spin [options]

DESCRIPTION

       Spin  is  an  interactive  and graphical program for analysing and comparing sequences. It
       contains functions to search for restriction sites, consensus sequences/motifs and protein
       coding  regions, can analyse the composition of the sequence and translate DNA to protein.
       It also contains  functions  for  locating  segments  of  similarity  within  and  between
       sequences, and for finding global and local alignments between pairs of sequences. To help
       assess the statistical significance of comparisons the program  can  calculate  tables  of
       expected  and  observed  score frequencies for each score level. Most analytical functions
       which operate on single sequences add their graphical results to a  "SPIN  Sequence  Plot"
       that  is  associated  with  the  sequence being analysed. (An exception is the restriction
       enzyme search which produces its own separate window.) Most functions which compare  pairs
       of  sequences  add  their  results to a "SPIN Sequence Comparison Plot". The SPIN Sequence
       Plot and the SPIN Sequence Comparison Plot each have associated sequence display  windows:
       the  Sequence  Display  and  the  Sequence Comparison Display. These allow the text of the
       sequences to be viewed and  use  cursors  to  show  the  corresponding  positions  in  the
       graphical  displays.   The graphical plots can be zoomed, and cursors or crosshairs can be
       used to locate the positions of the individual results. Plots can be superimposed.

OPTIONS

       -colormap: Colormap for main window

       -display:
              Display to use

       -geometry: Initial geometry for window

       -name:
              Name to use for application

       -sync: Use synchronous mode for display server

       -visual:
              Visual for main window

       -use:  Id of window in which to embed application

       --:    Pass all remaining arguments through to script

SEE ALSO

       http://staden.sourceforge.net/manual/spin_unix_2.html