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DynalignDotPlot

DynalignDotPlot is used to create a pairing energy dot plot for the structures of one of the two sequences folded by a Dynalign calculation.

USAGE: DynalignDotPlot <save file> <ps file> [options]

Required parameters:

<save file> The name of a binary Dynalign save file. These binary save files usually end in ".dsv", and contain probability data from a previous Dynalign calculation.
<output file> The name of a file to which output will be written.
Depending on the options selected, this may be one of the following file types.
1) A Postscript image file.
2) An SVG image file.
3) A plain text file.

Options which don't require added values:

-h, -H, --help Display the usage details message.
--s2, -S2, --sequence2 Use sequence 2, rather than the default of sequence 1.
--svg Specify that the output file should be an SVG image file, rather than a Postscript image file.
-t, -T, --text Write dot plot as a text file, rather than a Postscript image file.

Options which require added values:

-e, -E, --entries Specify the number of categories in the plot legend.
Default is 5 entries.
-max, -MAX, --maximum Specify the maximum value in the plot in kcal/mol.
Default is the largest valid value in the plot.
-min, -MIN, --minimum Specify the minimum value in the plot in kcal/mol.
Default is the smallest valid value in the plot.

References:

  1. Reuter, J.S. and Mathews, D.H.
    "RNAstructure: software for RNA secondary structure prediction and analysis."
    BMC Bioinformatics, 11:129. (2010).
  2. Mathews, D. H.
    "Predicting a set of minimal free energy RNA secondary structures common to two sequences."
    Bioinformatics, 21:2246-2253. (2005).