AntiHunter: searching BLAST output for EST antisense transcripts

Bioinformatics. 2004 Mar 1;20(4):583-5. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btg460. Epub 2004 Jan 22.

Abstract

AntiHunter is a new web-based tool for the identification of expressed sequence tag (EST) antisense transcripts from BLAST output. In order to perform an analysis, user is required to input a genomic sequence plus an associated list of transcript names and coordinates of the genomic region (i.e. genome annotation). After masking the repeated regions (if any), program will perform a BLASTN search of the input sequence versus the selected EST database, reporting by Email the EST entries that reveal a putative antisense transcript with respect to the user supplied list.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Evaluation Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Validation Study

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms*
  • DNA, Antisense / genetics*
  • Expressed Sequence Tags*
  • Hypermedia
  • Information Storage and Retrieval / methods*
  • Internet*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Sequence Alignment / methods*
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA / methods*
  • Software*
  • Transcription, Genetic / genetics*

Substances

  • DNA, Antisense

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