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# Create Gene / Edit location OCCURRENCE DESCRIPTION EXAMPLES WARNINGS BUGS ## OCCURRENCE
### ARB_NT/Genome/Gene Information/GENE/Create ### ARB_NT/Genome/Gene Information/FIELDS/Edit gene location
## DESCRIPTION
### Creates a new gene entry or edits the location of an existing gene entry. ### When creating a new gene, type a unique gene name into 'Gene'. ### To edit the location of the gene you may either edit the 'Location' field or edit the detailed fields in the lower part of the window. ### Changing any of them updates the other. ### The field 'Status' gives hints about the validity of the location. ### Certainty fields may contain
    Character     Meaning
    =             exact position
    <             somewhere before position
    >             somewhere behind position
    +/-           directly behind/before position
### '+' and '-' are special and only allowed for locations like '7^8' (which marks the location between base number 7 and 8) ### When you are satisfied with the entered location, press 'Create gene'. ### In case of editing the location of an existing gene, the gene is updated everytime the location has a valid state. That allows an open ARB_EDIT4 which automatically searches and highlights the gene sequence.
## EXAMPLES
### Example locations: 10..15 <10..>15 join(10..15,20..350) join(10..15,complement(20..350)) 20^21
## WARNINGS
### None
## BUGS
### No bugs known