BlastXtract--a new way of exploring translated searches.
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Abstract
Searches of translated, unannotated genomic DNA sequences against protein databases is a useful early-stage method for discovering protein homologues encoded by the sequence, but generates huge amounts of output data that quickly become impregnable. BlastXtract is a web-based tool for managing and visualizing results from large translated BLAST and FastA searches. It combines the speed and storage benefits of relational database management systems with an easy-to-use graphical navigation map, and greatly facilitates the early exploration of genomic sequence. BlastXtract can be downloaded from http://bioinfo.ucc.ie/blastxtract/.
Medical subject headings
- Computational Biology
- Database Management Systems
- Databases, Genetic
- Databases, Nucleic Acid