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Importing Confidence Scores<br />

Many base callers generate confidence values associated with each base call. <strong>Sequencher</strong><br />

supports confidence values from PHRED, ACE <strong>and</strong> Trace Tuner files, as well as SCF,<br />

ABI 3730 <strong>and</strong> ESD files.<br />

Importing PHRED called data<br />

<strong>Sequencher</strong> can read in the SCF, FASTA <strong>and</strong> Qual files generated by PHRED <strong>and</strong><br />

supports PHRED base calls <strong>and</strong> confidence values. To view the confidence levels, you<br />

must first set the user preferences for displaying confidence values (See Chapter 21<br />

“Customizing <strong>Sequencher</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>User</strong> Preferences” for more information). Then go to the<br />

View menu <strong>and</strong> choose Display Base Confidences.<br />

To import the data into <strong>Sequencher</strong>, it must first be organized in a folder containing three<br />

subfolders. These subfolders are chromat_dir which contains the trace files, edit_dir<br />

which contains the text files <strong>and</strong> phd_dir which contains the quality scores. Select File<br />

then go to Import <strong>and</strong> then Folder of Sequences to import the phd_dir folder. To import<br />

the sequences you would like to view you may also go to the File menu <strong>and</strong> choose the<br />

Import comm<strong>and</strong> with the Sequences... submenu.<br />

Importing PHRAP Files<br />

<strong>Sequencher</strong> can import the ACE projects created by PHRAP. To import an ACE project<br />

select File then go to Import <strong>and</strong> then the ACE Project… submenu. Browse to a file<br />

that ends with “.ace” or “.ace.x” (such as .ace.1,.ace.2, etc.). This file will typically be<br />

located in the subfolder “edit_dir.” Select the highest numbered ACE file to account for<br />

all editing <strong>and</strong> reassembling.<br />

<strong>Sequencher</strong> automatically imports <strong>and</strong> incorporates as much auxiliary data as it can<br />

find. The auxiliary files must be in the same folder as the ACE file or arranged in the<br />

traditional PHRAP assembly hierarchy (chromatogram files in a chromat_dir folder <strong>and</strong><br />

PHD files in a phd_dir folder). If the .singlets file, the .qual file, the PHD files <strong>and</strong> the<br />

chromatogram files all exist <strong>and</strong> are available, <strong>Sequencher</strong> will import them.<br />

Alternatively, you can import parts of the PHRAP project by going to the File menu<br />

<strong>and</strong> choosing Import <strong>and</strong> then Sequences or by going to the File menu <strong>and</strong> clicking on<br />

Import <strong>and</strong> then Folder of Sequences.<br />

• If you import the chromatogram files from the "chromat_dir", these fragments will<br />

have PHRED base calls <strong>and</strong> chromatogram data but no base qualities.<br />

• If the "_.phd" files are loaded <strong>and</strong> "_. fasta.qual" files are available, you will have<br />

imported all of the fragments from the PHRAP project. They will have base quality<br />

<strong>and</strong> chromatogram data.<br />

• The.qual files alone will not load your sequences.<br />

• If you import PHD files from the "phd_dir" <strong>and</strong> the corresponding chromatogram<br />

files are available, these files will import with PHRED base calls, chromatogram<br />

data <strong>and</strong> base qualities.<br />

SEQUENCHER <strong>4.8</strong> <strong>User</strong> <strong>Manual</strong> for Windows © 1991 - 2007 Gene Codes Corporation, Inc. All rights reserved.<br />

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