Controls Overview

The controls appear once the first sequence is created. You will find them on the top of the page. Some of the controls have hotkey options.

	Save	This icon will help you save your file on Mendelgen Dashboard. If you would like to save it elsewhere, please use the Export option.
	Export	The Export function is available for downloading your sequence as a GenBank file, FASTA file, or JSON file.
	Import	Use Import function if you need to add a sequence from your computer. Mendelgen supports .fasta, .dna, .gb, .gbk, .txt formats.
	Undo	Reverses the last action.
	Redo	Reverses the action that has been undone. Available only after using Undo function.
	Show Cut Sites/ Hide Cut Sites	You can control how many and what digest sites you see on the map. The dropdown menu provides various filtering options: single/double/triple cutters, as well as specific enzymes, available for the current sequence.
	Show/Hide features	This function allows you to control the display of annotations on your sequence map.
	Show/Hide primers	This function allows you to control the display of primers on your sequence map.
	Show/Hide Open Reading Frames	You can see the available ORFs and the dropdown menu provides you with a possibility to control the minimum ORF size as well as the display of noncanonical start codons (GTC and CTG).
	Sequence Alignment	Mendelgen has a function of alignment. You can upload sequences for alignment in formats .ab1, .fasta, .gb or manually paste.
	Switch to Read Only Mode	When the Read Only Mode is on, you can’t make any changes.
	Find in Sequence	Opens a window for searching within a sequence.
	Show Visibility Options	You can personalize your sequence view. In addition to quick access options on the Control Panel (showing/hiding primers, cut sites, ORFs), you can select various feature types, change sequence case, translate the sequence, color the bases, modify labels, change axis. The feature types are categorized and grouped based on the annotations provided for the sequence.
	Optimize Sequence Data	You can optimize your sequence depending on the host organism.
	Day/Night Mode	Allows switching between the light and dark modes to decrease the burden on your eyes.
	My Dashboard/ Log Out	The Dashboard contains the list of your files (sequence workspaces).
	Menu	File: operations with sequence files such as renaming, saving, deleting, creating a new sequence. Also available in Controls panel: Read-Only Mode, Import Sequence, Export Sequence. You can Print from here and see the Revision history. Edit: operations with a sequence itself such as copying/pasting DNA sequence, creating complements, changing case, and search. View: equals to Show Visibility Options from Control Panel. Also includes an access to Zoomable View. Tools: operations with sequence such as removing duplicates, digest simulation, auto-annotation, and adding additional enzymes. Help: contains information about Mendelgen including the version, tutorial, and hotkeys information.