Support for Genome Workbench will end on March 31 2024. You may still use the application, but supporting documentation will not be available after this date. Read more.
Feature comparison between Sequin and Genome Workbench
New NCBI Genome Workbench Genome Submission Wizard
- Can import both ASN.1 and FASTA files to create a submission
- Can import both GFF3 and 5-column feature table annotation files
- Can save and restore work at any time
- Import and export templates at any time
- Easily move between different steps
- Validation and tools for fixing errors are built into the Wizard
- Flat File is displayed and updated as changes are made
Text View: NCBI Genome Workbench vs NCBI Sequin
| Feature | Genome Workbench | Sequin |
|---|---|---|
| Select and Copy Text | YES | Yes (*1) |
| Text View is docked or undocked and placed on a second monitor | YES | No |
| Search controls are immediately visible and simple to use | YES | No (*2) |
| UNDO support | YES | No |
| Can create submissions with sequences from different biological samples | No (*3) | YES |
| Convert feature types | YES | No |
| Reverse Complement Sequences by Sequence ID | YES | No |
| Trim Terminal Ns | YES | No |
| Expand gap features of known length to Include Flanking Ns | YES | No |
| Add Linkage Evidence to All Assembly Gap features | YES | No |
| Add Assembly Gaps features to Sequence | YES | No |
| Remove Gap Features | YES | No |
| Adjust Feature spans for Gaps | YES | No |
*1 – Sequin: User must choose between Doc mode (where they can double-click on items to edit them) and Text mode (where they can select and copy text). Switching modes causes the scroll position to be lost.
*2 – Sequin: Search controls are hidden in a menu and have confusing names, requiring the user to know what kind of data they want to search for
*3 – Genome Workbench is currently only intended for use with genome submissions. Other submissions should be directed towards BankIt.
Current Version is 3.8.2 (released December 12, 2022)
General
Help
Tutorials
- Basic Operation
- Using Active Objects Inspector
- Configure tracks and track display settings
- Working with Non-Public Data
- Viewing Multiple Alignments and Trees
- Broadcasting
- Genes and Variation
- Generating and Viewing Sequence Overlap Alignment
- Working with BAM Files
- Loading Tabular Data
- Working with VCF Files
- Sequence View Markers
- Opening Projects in Genome Workbench
- Publication quality graphics (PDF/SVG image export)
- Editing in Genome Workbench
- Create Protein Alignments using ProSplign
- GFF-CIGAR export for alignments
- Exporting Tree Nodes to CSV
- Generic Table View
- Running BLAST search against custom BLAST databases
- Using Phylogenetic Tree
- Coloring methods in Multiple Alignment View
- Displaying translation discrepancies
- Searching in Genome Workbench
- Graphical View Navigation and Manipulation
- Using the Text View to Review and Edit a Submission
- BAM haplotype filtering
- Displaying new non-NCBI molecules with annotations
- Creating phylogenetic tree from precalculated multiple alignment
- Creating phylogenetic tree starting from search
- Video Tutorials
General use Manuals
- Tree Viewer Formatting
- Tree Viewer Broadcasting
- Genome Workbench Macro
- Query Syntax in Genome Workbench and Tree Viewer
- Multiple Sequence Aligners
- Running Genome Workbench over X Window System
NCBI GenBank Submissions Manuals
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Genome Submission Wizard
- Save Submission File
- Reports
- Import
- Sequences
- Add Features
- Add Publication
- Comments
- Editing Tools