Delila programs were designed to manipulate sets of sequence fragments. Some of the programs are used to create sequence logos and sequence walkers while others are tools that I find useful such as rembla and the TheThe program.

Arnold's Laws of Documentation:
(1) If it should exist, it doesn't.
(2) If it does exist, it's out of date.
(3) Only documentation for useless programs transcends the first two laws.

• Definition of "Delila"

• Delila Software: Binary and Source Code

• How do I set up the Delila programs? This is for people who are not familiar with Unix operating systems.

• How to build Delila Libraries

• Tutorial on Delila Instructions

• What Programs Do I Need To Make Logos on My Own Computer? (Note: You can make your own sequence logos on the web: with Steve Brenner's WebLogo you can create your own sequence logo - just supply a Fasta format file. This is not as powerful as using the programs directly but it works for many purposes.)

• Listing of All Delila Programs: Manual Pages, Source Code and Binaries are provided. These do not include the programs that do walkers and individual information computations.

• How do I obtain the Individual Information Theory and Walker programs?

• What Is In The Individual Information Program Package?

• Definition of the Delila Language.
  Delila ( DEoxyribonucleic acid LIbrary LAnguage) is a language for extracting sets of sequence fragments from a database. The language has a formal definition.

• Hypertext version of the main Delila Manual (176038 bytes) The original flat version of the Delila Manual is here, and a PostScript version of the Delila Manual is here. Note: I do not update these manuals frequently. For the most recent version, obtain the manual page for each programs from the source code.

• REFERENCES for the Delila System

  @article{Schneider1982,
  author = "T. D. Schneider
   and G. D. Stormo
   and J. S. Haemer
   and L. Gold",
  title = "A design for computer nucleic-acid sequence storage,
  retrieval and manipulation",
  journal = "Nucl. Acids Res.",
  volume = "10",
  pages = "3013-3024",
  year = "1982"}
  
  @article{Schneider1984,
  author = "T. D. Schneider
   and G. D. Stormo
   and M. A. Yarus
   and L. Gold",
  title = "Delila system tools",
  journal = "Nucl. Acids Res.",
  volume = "12",
  pages = "129-140",
  year = "1984"}
  

Note: The ftp archive existed before these web pages. I'm holding these pointers here for now, but they are pretty much out of date.

The Delila ftp site contains tools for sequence manipulation and other tasks. Information about how to set up Delila programs is found in the README.

NOTE: Our ftp site has changed from "ncifcrf.gov" to "ftp.ncifcrf.gov". Please use the new name in the future. If you received a package of our papers before April 6, 1994, please note the change on the cover page, on page 820 of the Shaner et al paper and on page 6100 of the sequence logos paper.

Schneider Lab
origin: before 1996 Aug 10
updated: 2004 Jan 26