CRT home > RbDe Web Service Tutorial: Visualizing a sequence
This page presents the sequence that is currently being used to construct a diagram. You will see it just after importing a sequence (so that you can check that the sequence you have entered is the one you actually intended to enter) or when you select the "view sequence" button from the menu bar on top of an RbDe page.
The page presents the short name of the sequence (OPSD_HUMAN is shown in the illustration), the length of the sequence (348 here) and the actual sequence of residues that is used to build the diagram.
In the production version of RbDe:
After viewing the sequence, the user is able to use the sequence to build a diagram with one of the following options:
The "Fast diagram mode" assumes that the transmembrane domains are helical. The diagram is then rendered and you have the ability to change parameters using the "Advanced diagram mode".
The "Advanced diagram mode" features a topology editor that allows modification of secondary structure for specific transmembrane segments in the imported sequence.
Further Information about the algorithms used to automate the diagram building processes in RbDe, please read a description of the algorithms.
In the beta version of RbDe:
The user is able to select a layout for the diagram before proceeding to draw it and/or modify the positioning of the secondary structure elements indicated by selected layout.
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The page presents the short name of the sequence (OPSD_HUMAN is shown in the illustration), the length of the sequence (348 here) and the actual sequence of residues that is used to build the diagram. 
