NAME

       pregap4 - prepare raw data from sequencing instruments for usage with gap4 (part of staden
       package)

DESCRIPTION

       Before entry into a gap4 database the raw data from sequencing  instruments  needs  to  be
       passed  through  several processes, such as screening for vectors, quality evaluation, and
       conversion of data formats. Pregap4 is used to pass a  batch  of  readings  through  these
       steps  in  an  automatic  way. It provides an interface for setting up and configuring the
       processing and for controlling the  passage  of  the  readings  through  each  stage.  The
       separate  tasks  are  termed "modules" and each module is typically managed by a dedicated
       program. Pregap4 wraps all of these modules into a single easy to use environment,  whilst
       maintaining  the  flexibility  to  select and extend the processing modules.  It is an, as
       yet, unpublished  replacement  of  the  program  pregap  Bonfield,  J.K.  and  Staden,  R.
       Experiment  files  and  their  application  during  large-scale  sequencing  projects. DNA
       Sequence 6, 109-117 (1996).

SEE ALSO

       http://staden.sourceforge.net/manual/pregap4_unix_2.html