censor4.x - compares and masks protein or nucleotide sequences.

CENSOR without libraries of repeats

This version of censor does not include database of repetitive elements Repbase. The version of censor with a copy of Repbase can be downloaded below by registered users.

 Name                      Last modified      Size  Description
 censor-norb-4.2.9.tar.gz  11-Feb-2008 11:43  1.4M 

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CENSOR with a copy of Repbase (registered users only)

 Name                      Last modified      Size  Description
 censor-4.2.9.tar.gz       11-Feb-2008 11:39  6.1M 

To install censor, you need to unpack archive file with distribution. Use

gunzip censor-xxx.tar.gz
tar xvf censor-xxx.tar

It will create directory censor-xxx. Follow instructions in file INSTALL in that directory.
* xxx - package version.

You need to install wu-blast package to use censor. Censor package includes two scripts. One of them is designed to run with the licensed, full-featured version of wu-blast. Another one has settings modified to work with the free version of wu-blast. It is recommended to obtain a full-featured version of wu-blast.