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Please check the opengenomics.org website for announcements and updates to the 
Genome Enhancer program.

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This ReadMe file was last updated on Nov. 2, 2008

The most current version of Genome Enhancer is beta 2.0 and runs with the following 
update note:

"Welcome to Genome Enhancer 2.0 (beta) last updated 10/30/2008"

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Genome Enhancer can scan any NCBI Genbank formatted genome. To scan a particular 
genome, the Genome Enhancer program must be in the same folder as that genome. 
Currently, we have packed Genome Enhancer with six separate genomes, downloaded from 
the NCBI Genbank FTP site:

ftp://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/genomes/


These genomes are from the following releases:

INSECTS:
Anopheles gambiae: revised assmbly AgamP3, October 2007
Apis mellifera: Build 4, Released July 2006
Drosophila melanogaster: FlyBase Release 4.1, February 2005
Triobolium castaneum: Build 2, Version1 Released June 2008

NEMATODES:
Caenorhabditis elegans:  WormBase genome release WS150 (February 2006)

PLANTS:
Arabidopsis thaliana: AGI release (2000)




For Machintosh users:

Genome Enhancer can run on the G4, the G5, and the new PowerMacs. When you click on 
a Genome Enhancer package, it will automatically download to your machine, either to 
a file you have previously specified for downloads, or to the factory preset file 
called Downloads. So, if you don't see the downloaded Genome Enhancer file, you can 
easily find it by doing a search for the "Downloads" folder or "GenomeEnhancer." 
Genome Enhancer is compressed as a zip file. Simply double-click the file to 
uncompress it, and drag it to the Desktop for ease of use.

To run Genome Enhancer please refer to the GenomeEnhancerBeta_MacUserGuide


For PC users:

Genome Enhancer can run on PCs using the windows operating system. If you are 
instead running linux, please contact us for a linus version of Genome Enhancer. 
Genome Enhancer is compressed as a tar file.

To run Genome Enhancer please refer to the GenomeEnhancerBeta_WindowsUserGuide 

 

Contact:

Michele Markstein: mmarkstein  [at]  opengenomics [dot] org
Peter Markstein: peter [at] insilicolabs [dot] com