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diff --git a/biology/fasta/pkg-descr b/biology/fasta/pkg-descr index b5230be12f67..94f0c8464034 100644 --- a/biology/fasta/pkg-descr +++ b/biology/fasta/pkg-descr @@ -1,10 +1,11 @@ -Version 2 of the FASTA packages contains many programs for searching DNA and -protein databases, performing sequence comparisons, producing local -alignments, and other related tasks. +Version 2 of the FASTA packages contains many programs for performing +sequence comparisons, producing local alignments, and other related tasks +for analysing DNA and proteins. -Currently, the FASTA2 suite is in maintenance mode. Updated versions of ONLY -the searching programs are available in version 3 of the FASTA packages, -which may be found in the port biology/fasta3. +Currently, the FASTA2 suite is in maintenance mode. This package provides +the analysis tools from FASTA2. The searching programs are available in +version 3 of the FASTA packages, which may be found in the port +biology/fasta3. FASTA is described in: W. R. Pearson and D. J. Lipman (1988), "Improved Tools for Biological Sequence Analysis", PNAS 85:2444- 2448, and W. R. @@ -16,5 +17,3 @@ not be sold or incorporated into a commercial product. Author: William R Pearson <wrp@virginia.edu> WWW: http://fasta.bioch.virginia.edu/ - --- Johann Visagie <johann@egenetics.com> |