			 DICROPROT software for Windows
				Release 2.0 beta
			       Copyright 1995-1998

General presentation and installation procedure:

This program is developed by Gilbert Deleage in the :

		   Institut de Biologie et Chimie des Proteines
				 IBCP-CNRS UPR 412
		     Laboratoire de conformation des protines
				7, Passage du vercors
				 69 367 Lyon cedex 07
				       France
			     Tel : 19 (33) 72 72 26 47
			     Fax : 19 (33) 72 72 26 01
				    g.deleage@ibcp.fr

Don't hesitate to contact me in case of problems, bugs or suggestions.

WARNING!!!

	 All the .EXE files must be FTP'ed in binary format.

Installation
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       - The installation procedure is as follows:
	1)  Copy dicro.exe
	2)  Execute dicro.exe (self extracting archives)
	3)  Remove dicro.exe after exploding the files to recover disk
	    space.
	4)  Launch dicropro.exe

	DICROPROT requirements:
		  - About 3Mo of disk space
		    8Mo RAM welcome. Windows 3.1 or 95 (16bit mode)

     Associated program: The Johnson method (variable selection) is included
			 into the package and a graphical interface is
			 provided.(anonymous ftp to ucs.orst.edu)

			 W.C.Johnson (1990) Protein secondary structure and
			 circular dicroism : a practical guide (Proteins, 7,
			 205-214)

			 P. Manavalan & W.C. Johnson (1987) Variable
			 selection method improves the preidction of
			 secondary structure from circualr dichroism spectra
			 (Anal. Biochem. 167, 76-85)
