DNA Programs and Tools
Links to free software to help you simplify analysis or manipulation of your data.
Chromatogram Viewers
Free
4Peaks
View trace files. Available for Mac only.
Chromas
View trace files. Available for Windows only.
Chromaseq
View trace files and align multiple sequences. Available for Windows or Mac.
Finch TV
View trace files. Available for Windows and Mac.
Sequence Scanner
View trace files. Available for Windows only.
SnapGene Viewer
View trace files. Available for Windows or Mac.
UGENE
View trace files and align multiple sequences. Available for Windows or Mac.
Paid
Chromas Pro
View trace files and align multiple sequences. Available for Windows only.
CodonCode Aligner
View trace files and align multiple sequences. Available for Windows or Mac.
DNA Baser
View trace files and align multiple sequences. Available for Windows only.
Geneious
View trace files and align multiple sequences. Available for Windows or Mac.
SeqMan Pro
View trace files and align multiple sequences. Available for Windows or Mac.
Sequencher
View trace files and align multiple sequences. Open .SPF files. Available for Windows or Mac.
SnapGene
View trace files and align multiple sequences. Available for Windows or Mac.
Sequencing Analysis Programs
Sequencher
A biological sequence alignment editor. Available for Windows and Mac OS X.
Codon Code Aligner
A program for sequence assembly, contig editing, and mutation detection. Available for Windows and Mac OS X.
Geneious
An intuitive, user-friendly interface that transforms raw sequence data into meaningful visualizations.
Genome Viewers
SnapGene Viewer
View, annotate and share sequence files with the free SnapGene Viewer.
Integrative Genomics Viewer
An interactive tool for the visual exploration of genomic data.
UCSC Genome Browser
An interactive genome browser offering access to genome sequence data from vertebrate and invertebrate species and major model organisms, integrated with a large collection of aligned annotations.
DNA Quick Tools
Reverse Complement
Converts a DNA sequence into its reverse, complement, or reverse-complement counterpart.
Translation of DNA
Translates a nucleotide (DNA/RNA) sequence to a protein sequence.
NCBI Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST)
BLAST finds regions of similarity between biological sequences. The program compares nucleotide or protein sequences to sequence databases and calculates the statistical significance.
ORF Finder
Program that searches for open reading frames (ORFs) in the DNA sequence.
Repeat Masker
A program that screens DNA sequences for interspersed repeats and low complexity DNA sequences.
Galaxy
A web-based scientific workflow, data integration, data and analysis persistence, and publishing platform for data intensive biomedical research.