Software Tools :: Gene Finding and Codon Analysis

Background

Gene Finding and Codon Analysis
References

Programs

Combination methods

  • GLIMMER 2 system: finding genes in microbial genome sequences [local access only]

Search by content

  • GCG Programs
    • TestCode: Plots Fickett's TESTCODE statistic
    • Frames: Plots open reading frames
    • CodonPreference: Plots Gribskov's codon preference statistic
  • EMBOSS Programs
    • getorf: Finds and extracts open reading frames (ORFs)
    • showorf: Displays pretty output of DNA translations
    • plotorf: Plots potential open reading frames
    • showseq: Displays a sequence with features, translation, etc.
    • syco: Plots synonymous codon usage (Gribskov statistic)

Search by signal

  • GCG Programs
    • Terminator: Searches for prokaryotic factor-independent RNA polymerase terminators
    • Map: Searches for transcription factors using tfsites.dat file
    • MapPlot: Plots locations of transcription factors using tfsites.dat file
    • FindPatterns: Searches for short user-specified patterns
  • EMBOSS Programs
    • cpgplot: Plots CpG-rich areas
    • cpgreport: Reports all CpG-rich regions
    • newcpgseek: Reports CpG-rich regions
    • newcpgreport: Reports CpG-rich areas in CPGISLE database entry format
    • marscan: Finds MAR/SAR sites in nucleic sequences
    • fuzznuc: Searches for nucleic acid patterns
    • dreg: Searches for regular expressions in a nucleotide sequence

Search by homology

  • EMBOSS Programs
    • est2genome: Aligns an EST sequence to a genomic DNA sequence

Related Tools

  • GCG Programs
    • Correspond: Compares codon usage tables
    • CodonFrequency: Creates a codon usage table
  • EMBOSS Programs
    • cusp: Creates a codon usage table
    • chips: Computes codon usage statistics
    • codcmp: Compares codon usage tables
    • coderet: Extracts CDS, mRNA and translations from feature tables

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