diff --git a/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/components/SequenceComboBox.java b/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/components/SequenceComboBox.java
index b940cc64ac130ccf58f867c7c37732874d851c9d..f6081041575972fa26977f51aa21dd0fd6dcc76b 100644
--- a/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/components/SequenceComboBox.java
+++ b/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/components/SequenceComboBox.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ package uk.ac.sanger.artemis.components;
 import java.awt.event.ItemEvent;
 import java.awt.event.ItemListener;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Vector;
 
 import javax.swing.DefaultComboBoxModel;
@@ -56,6 +57,11 @@ public abstract class SequenceComboBox extends JComboBox implements IndexReferen
     });
   }
   
+  public SequenceComboBox(String sequenceNames[])
+  {
+    this(new Vector<String>(Arrays.asList(sequenceNames)));
+  }
+  
   public void indexReferenceChanged(IndexReferenceEvent event)
   {
     final String contig =