clu2ig                                               update  3 Feb 94 

      NAME
           clu2ig  
      
      SYNOPSIS
           clu2ig clustalfile > igfile
      
      DESCRIPTION
           Converts interleaved .aln output from Clustal V into
           sequential .ig (IntelliGenetics) format for use by MASE.

           clustalfile:
           CLUSTAL V multiple sequence alignment

           name1           AACTTTCG
           name2           ATCTTTCG
                           * ******

           name1           CCTGCT
           name2           CCCGCT
                           ** ***

           igfile:         
           ;
           name1
           AACTTTCG
           CCTGCT
           :
           name2
           ATCTTTCG
           CCCGCT

     AUTHOR
       Dr. Brian Fristensky
       Dept. of Plant Science
       University of Manitoba
       Winnipeg, MB  Canada  R3T 2N2
       Phone: 204-474-6085
       FAX: 204-261-5732
       frist@cc.umanitoba.ca

     REFERENCE
       Fristensky, B. (1993) Feature expressions: creating and manipulating
       sequence datasets. Nucleic Acids Research 21:5997-6003.