Chromas Lite
Freeware

Current Version: 2.01

  • Opens chromatogram files from Applied Biosystems and Amersham MegaBace DNA sequencers.
  • Opens SCF format chromatogram files created by ALF, Li-Cor, Visible Genetics OpenGene, Beckman CEQ 2000XL and CEQ 8000, and other sequencers.
  • Save in SCF or Applied Biosystems format.
  • Prints chromatogram with options to zoom or fit to one page.
  • Exports sequences in plaint text or FASTA format.
  • Copy the sequence to the clipboard in plain text or FASTA format for pasting into other applications.
  • Reverse & complement the sequence and chromatogram.
  • Search for sequences by exact matching or redundant codes.

For a much more feature-rich program please see Chromas. For advanced features such as restriction mapping, multiple alignments, and assembly of multiple sequence reads into a single consensus sequence, please see ChromasPro.

Click here to download Chromas Lite (216kb). Windows 95/NT4.0 or higher is required.  This is a self-extracting archive for Windows. Run the file and enter the name of the directory you wish to extract Chromas Lite to, or accept the default.

Chromas Lite is freeware and may be distributed without restriction provided that it is unmodified and is in the form of the installer downloaded from the link above.

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