Selecting parts of the sequence
You can select parts of a sequence:
- Click on the Select mode (
) icon at the bottom of the open Sequence view (
) (
).
- Press and hold down the mouse button on the sequence where you want the selection to start.
- Move the mouse to the end of the selection while holding the button.
- Release the mouse button.
Alternatively, you can search for a specific interval using the Find palette in the Side Panel.
If you have made a selection and wish to adjust it, you can:
- Drag the edge of the selection (the mouse cursor changes to a horizontal arrow).
- Press and hold the Shift key while using the right and left arrow keys to adjust the right side of the selection.
Selecting non-contiguous parts of a sequence (multiselect)
You can select non-contiguous parts of a sequence by holding down the Ctrl key (
on Mac) while making selections. Holding down the Shift key lets you extend or reduce an existing selection to the position you clicked.
Note that if you hold down the Ctrl key (
on Mac) and click on an existing selection, it will become deselected.
To select a part of a sequence covered by an annotation, you can:
- Right-click on the annotation and then click on Select Annotation.
- Double-click on the annotation.
To select a fragment between two restriction sites that are shown on the sequence, double-click on the sequence between them. For details, see dynamic restriction sites.
Open a selection in a new view
A selection can be opened in a new view and saved as a new sequence by right-clicking the selection and then clicking on Open Selection in New View (
). The new sequence can then be saved by dragging the tab of the sequence view into the Navigation Area.
The process described above is also the way to manually translate coding parts of sequences (CDS) into protein. Right-click on the tab of the new sequence and go to:
Tools | Classical Sequence Analysis (
) | Nucleotide Analysis (
)| Translate to Protein (
)
A selection can also be copied to the clipboard and pasted into other programs by making a selection and pressing Ctrl + C (
+ C on Mac).
Note! The annotations covering the selection will not be copied into other programs, but they will be copied into other sequences in CLC Genomics Workbench.
Sequence selections can be edited as described in editing the sequence.