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ABC: software for interactive browsing of genomic multiple sequence alignment data.

Gregory M Cooper1, Senthil A G Singaravelu, Arend Sidow

  • 1Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-9010, USA. coopergm@stanford.edu <coopergm@stanford.edu>

BMC Bioinformatics
|December 14, 2004
PubMed
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The Application for Browsing Constraints (ABC) software allows for efficient exploration of genomic multiple sequence alignments and associated data. This tool aids in identifying functional elements within genomes through intuitive visualization and data integration.

Area of Science:

  • Genomics
  • Bioinformatics
  • Computational Biology

Background:

  • Comparative genomics relies on analyzing multiple sequence alignments to identify functional genomic regions.
  • These analyses are data-intensive, requiring integrated genomic alignments, annotations, and regional attribute scores.
  • Existing software options for visualizing and browsing these complex datasets are limited.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce the Application for Browsing Constraints (ABC) as an interactive Java software solution.
  • To provide an intuitive and efficient tool for exploring multiple sequence alignments and associated data.
  • To facilitate comparative sequence analysis tasks.

Main Methods:

  • Developed interactive Java software for exploring multiple sequence alignments.

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  • Enabled rapid navigation from a global alignment summary to individual columns.
  • Integrated simultaneous display of quantitative data (e.g., sequence similarity, evolutionary rates) and annotation data (e.g., gene locations, repeats).

    • Main Results:

    • The Application for Browsing Constraints (ABC) offers efficient exploration of genomic multiple sequence alignments.
    • It allows simultaneous visualization of quantitative and annotation data.
    • Facilitates basic comparative sequence tasks like data export and phylogenetic tree visualization.

    Conclusions:

    • ABC is a lightweight, stand-alone, flexible graphical user interface for browsing genomic multiple sequence alignments.
    • It is suitable for analyzing loci ranging from kilobases to megabases in length.
    • The software is cross-platform, freely available under the General Public License, with documentation and sample data provided.