Codon Table Library

The Codon Table Library is part of the Library Explorer, where codon tables can be stored for use in backtranslation or sequence viewing.

Codon tables are organized within folders.
- The toolbox is pre-loaded with a set of codon tables.
New folders can be created by selecting “add new folder / group” from the “add” button at the bottom of the Library Explorer.
A folder may be moved within the codon table library by selecting the icon and dragging it to a new position.

A table may be added to the toolbox by
- selecting “add new codon table” from the “add” button at the bottom of the Library Explorer.
- copying an existing table in the library (not yet working in the beta version)
  - by right clicking on the icon and selecting “copy codon table”
  - by dragging the icon of the table to a new position in the library while holding down the ctrl key
A table may be deleted from the library by selecting it and clicking on the “delete” button at the bottom of the Library Explorer.
A table may be edited within the toolbox by
- selecting it and clicking on the “edit” button at the bottom of the Library Explorer.
- double clicking on it.

A table may be imported into the toolbox by
- selecting “import codon table” from the “add” button at the bottom of the Library Explorer (not yet working in the beta version).
- selecting “import codon table” from the “File” menu in the Construct Editor

The desired table can be located by typing in part of the name of the organism into the search window
- the search works using genus / species names
- common names can also be useful
  - try searching for “human” to get a sense of the search process

Codon tables contain frequency data:
- The “codon count” column is the only one that can be edited; it represents the number of times that each codon occurs within the genes of the selected organism.
- All of the other columns are calculated from the count data.
Tables can be sorted by codon or amino acid by clicking on the column header.

Preloaded tables may be updated from time to time with new versions of GeneDesigner. They therefore differ from user-added tables in the following ways:

Moving a pre-loaded table will automatically create a copy of the table.
- When tables are updated, only the tables in their original locations will be updated.