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1Show Helix
2
3This function will highlight all deviances of a sequence from a proposed
4secondary structure.  The secondary structure must be a text sequence
5containing only ['s, ]'s, and -'s.  Any column that represents a 5' side
6of a helix should have a '[' character, all 3' helix positions should
7have a ']' and all others should have a '-' character.
8
9Example:
10
11helix:  ---[[[---]]]---
12seq:    aaagggaaacccaaa
13
14To represent:
15
16           aaa
17          g - c
18          g - c
19          g - c
20       aaa     aaa
21
22Care must be taken to insure that there are an equal number of ['s and ]'s.
23
24Select the sequences that you wish to test, along with the Helix sequence
25before calling this function.  The results are returned as a set of color
26masks that highlight U-G pairing in light blue, A-U, G-C pairing in dark blue,
27and all others in gold.  Pairing with a gap character is shown in red.
28Use the File:Properties... menu to disable the color mask, and return the
29standard character->color display.
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