#Please insert up references in the next lines (line starts with keyword UP) UP arb.hlp UP glossary.hlp #Please insert subtopic references (line starts with keyword SUB) SUB nt_align_select.hlp SUB ad_align.hlp SUB pfold.hlp # Hypertext links in helptext can be added like this: LINK{ref.hlp|http://add|bla@domain} #************* Title of helpfile !! and start of real helpfile ******** TITLE What is an Alignment ? DESCRIPTION Different alignments assigned to the same species (eg. sequences of different genes) can be stored in one database. The name of the currently accessible alignment (ali_*) is shown in the 3rd broad rectangular button in the top area of the ARB_NT window. The sequences themselves are not stored in the 'ali_*' field of a species, but in the subfield 'data' of 'ali_*' 'ali_*' is a container field: it holds no data except other data fields (like a directory in a file system). NOTE There is a special alignment called 'ali_genom' which is used for full genome databases. It's called an alignment because it fits into our database structure, but it should NOT contain any gaps.