SimVector Alternatives

SimVector is described as 'Use SimVector to draw plasmid maps, perform restriction analysis and mapping. The plasmid drawing software also simulates cloning experiments such as gateway cloning, ta cloning and restriction cloning' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to SimVector for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Online / Web-based and Self-Hosted solutions. The best alternative is DNADynamo. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Chromas or PDRAW32. Other great apps like SimVector are Benchling, SnapGene Viewer, BioEdit and Geneious.

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SimVector

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DNADynamo
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26 alternatives to DNADynamo
DNADynamo - for Windows, OSX and Linux. Download it now for abi/scf trace alignments, sub cloning and plasmid management, blast/sequence retrieval, sequence annotation and structure viewing - all in one integrated and easy to use bioinformatics program.
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Benchling
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Online
26 alternatives to Benchling
Online lab notebook software, including DNA design tools.
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1. Automatic AlignmentBenchling lets you position and snapping objects in relation to each other magnetically through gridlines and anchor points.
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Chromas
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27 alternatives to Chromas
Two software applications are available from Technelysium: Chromas and ChromasPro.
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PDRAW32
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Freemium • Proprietary
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23 alternatives to PDRAW32
Scientific software for the molecular biologist. Performs virtual DNA cloning, analyses DNA for restriction enzymes, homing enzymes and primer sites, dam and dcm methylation sites, finds and translates open reading frames. Calculates annealing temperatures for PCR.
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SnapGene Viewer
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Free Personal • Proprietary
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31 alternatives to SnapGene Viewer
SnapGene Viewer is revolutionary software that allows molecular biologists to create, browse, and share richly annotated DNA sequence files up to 1 Gb in length.

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BioEdit
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
28 alternatives to BioEdit
BioEdit is a biological sequence alignment editor written for Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP/7. An intuitive multiple document interface with convenient features makes alignment and manipulation of sequences relatively easy on your desktop computer.

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Discontinued
The program is no longer maintained. Last version, 7.2.5, released in December 2013, can be still downloaded from the official website.
Geneious
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28 alternatives to Geneious
Geneious combines all the major DNA and protein sequence analysis tools into one revolutionary software solution!
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Serial Cloner
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25 alternatives to Serial Cloner
Serial Cloner is a Molecular Biology software.

It provides tools with an intuitive interface that assists you in DNA cloning, sequence analysis and visualization.

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Discontinued
Last version, 2.6.1, was released on April 3rd, 2013.
CLC Genomics Workbench
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Complete bioinformatics toolkit for a wide range of genomics analysis needs, including transcriptomics, variant calling, epigenomics, metagenomics, comparative genomics and many more.
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ApE - A plasmid Editor
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23 alternatives to ApE - A plasmid Editor
Software for viewing, editing and analyzing plasmid sequences.

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