---
name: "restover"
section: "1e"
platform: "linux"
package: "emboss"
version: "6.6.0+dfsg-15"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/restover"
---

# restover(1e)

Find restriction enzymes producing a specific overhang

## NAME

restover - Find restriction enzymes producing a specific overhang

## SYNOPSIS

**restover** **-sequence** *seqall* **-datafile** *datafile* **-mfile** *datafile* **-seqcomp** *string* **-min** *integer* **-max** *integer* **-single** *boolean* **-threeprime** *boolean* **-blunt** *boolean* **-sticky** *boolean* **-ambiguity** *boolean* **-plasmid** *boolean* **-methylation** *boolean* **-commercial** *boolean* **-html** *boolean* **-limit** *boolean* **-alphabetic** *boolean* **-fragments** *boolean* **-outfile** *outfile*

**restover** **-help**

## DESCRIPTION

**restover** is a command line program from EMBOSS (“the European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite”). It is part of the "Nucleic:Restriction" command group(s).

## OPTIONS

### Input section

- **-sequence** *seqall*

  - **-datafile** *datafile*

  - **-mfile** *datafile*

  Default value: Emethylsites.dat

### Required section

- **-seqcomp** *string*

  ### Advanced section

- **-min** *integer*

  Default value: 1

- **-max** *integer*

  Default value: 2000000000

- **-single** *boolean*

  Default value: N

- **-threeprime** *boolean*

  Default value: N

- **-blunt** *boolean*

  Default value: Y

- **-sticky** *boolean*

  Default value: Y

- **-ambiguity** *boolean*

  Default value: Y

- **-plasmid** *boolean*

  Default value: N

- **-methylation** *boolean*

  If this is set then RE recognition sites will not match methylated bases. Default value: N

- **-commercial** *boolean*

  Default value: Y

### Output section

- **-html** *boolean*

  Default value: N

- **-limit** *boolean*

  Default value: Y

- **-alphabetic** *boolean*

  Default value: N

- **-fragments** *boolean*

  Default value: N

- **-outfile** *outfile*

  ## BUGS

Bugs can be reported to the Debian Bug Tracking system (http://bugs.debian.org/emboss), or directly to the EMBOSS developers (http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group\_id=93650&atid=605031).

## SEE ALSO

restover is fully documented via the **tfm**(1) system.

## AUTHOR

**Debian Med Packaging Team** \<debian-med-packaging@lists.alioth.debian.org\>

Wrote the script used to autogenerate this manual page.

## COPYRIGHT

This manual page was autogenerated from an Ajax Control Definition of the EMBOSS package. It can be redistributed under the same terms as EMBOSS itself.