Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Overseer: a nucleotide sequence searching tool.

P R Sibbald1, H Sommerfeldt, P Argos

  • 1European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, FRG.

Computer Applications in the Biosciences : CABIOS
|February 1, 1992
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Copper in photosystem II: association with LHC II.

Photosynthesis research·2014
Same author

Prediction of protein folding pathways: Bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor.

Cytotechnology·2012
Same author

Structural adaptation of enzymes to low temperatures.

Protein engineering·2001
Same author

Strain in protein structures as viewed through nonrotameric side chains: I. their position and interaction.

Proteins·1999
Same author

Strain in protein structures as viewed through nonrotameric side chains: II. effects upon ligand binding.

Proteins·1999
Same author

Recognizing very distant sequence relationships among proteins by family profile analysis.

Proteins·1999
Same journal

DCA: an efficient implementation of the divide-and-conquer approach to simultaneous multiple sequence alignment.

Computer applications in the biosciences : CABIOS·1998
Same journal

Two applications to facilitate the viewing of database search result files on the Macintosh.

Computer applications in the biosciences : CABIOS·1998
Same journal

BioWish: a molecular biology command extension to Tcl/Tk.

Computer applications in the biosciences : CABIOS·1998
Same journal

The Sequence Alerting Server--a new WEB server.

Computer applications in the biosciences : CABIOS·1998
Same journal

A software tool for the analysis of mass spectrometric disulfide mapping experiments.

Computer applications in the biosciences : CABIOS·1998
Same journal

SAMBA: hardware accelerator for biological sequence comparison.

Computer applications in the biosciences : CABIOS·1998
See all related articles

Overseer is a versatile computer program designed for searching nucleic acid sequence databases. It identifies user-defined patterns like repeats, palindromes, and specific base strings, offering flexible and modifiable search capabilities.

Area of Science:

  • Bioinformatics
  • Computational Biology
  • Genomic Data Analysis

Background:

  • Nucleic acid sequence analysis is crucial in molecular biology.
  • Identifying specific patterns within large sequence databases is computationally challenging.
  • Existing tools may lack flexibility in defining search targets.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce Overseer, a novel computer program for searching nucleic acid sequence databases.
  • To provide a flexible and user-friendly tool for identifying complex sequence patterns.
  • To offer a modifiable framework for expanding search capabilities.

Main Methods:

  • Overseer is written in standard Pascal and runs on Unix and VMS operating systems.
  • It features an interactive interface for defining search targets.

Related Experiment Videos

  • The program performs non-interactive sequence searching and outputs results to a file.

    • Main Results:

    • Overseer successfully searches nucleic acid databases for user-defined objects.
    • The program can identify various sequence features, including repeats, palindromes, and base strings with mismatches.
    • Its flexible design allows for easy modification and addition of new search modules.

    Conclusions:

    • Overseer provides a powerful and adaptable solution for nucleic acid sequence analysis.
    • The program's modular design facilitates future development and customization.
    • It enhances the ability to discover biologically relevant patterns in sequence data.