CUO

CUO is a GUI-based multiplatform software written in Java. It is open source and built with a user/developer-friendly structure. The main function of the software at the current development stage is to optimize genes to be transformed into the Chlamydomonas reinhardtii chloroplast genome although it can be used to optimize genes into other hosts as well. The main tool in CUO, Moptimizer, introduces a semi-automatic way of gene optimization which provides more flexibility and accuracy during the optimization process. The future plan for CUO is to be developed into a multipurpose bioinformatics software where data, findings, planning and learning in biology labs can be created and shared at finger tips.