PhyloPro: a web-based tool for the generation and visualization of phylogenetic profiles across Eukarya

Bioinformatics. 2011 Mar 15;27(6):877-8. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btr023. Epub 2011 Jan 19.

Abstract

With increasing numbers of eukaryotic genome sequences, phylogenetic profiles of eukaryotic genes are becoming increasingly informative. Here, we introduce a new web-tool Phylopro (http://compsysbio.org/phylopro/), which uses the 120 available eukaryotic genome sequences to visualize the evolutionary trajectories of user-defined subsets of model organism genes. Applied to pathways or complexes, PhyloPro allows the user to rapidly identify core conserved elements of biological processes together with those that may represent lineage-specific innovations. PhyloPro thus provides a valuable resource for the evolutionary and comparative studies of biological systems.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biological Evolution
  • Cluster Analysis
  • Computational Biology / methods*
  • Eukaryota / classification
  • Eukaryota / genetics
  • Genomics / methods*
  • Internet*
  • Phylogeny*
  • Programming Languages
  • User-Computer Interface