Title | MfSAT: Detect simple sequence repeats in viral genomes |
Authors | Ming Chen2, 3, Zhongyang Tan1*, Guangming Zeng2, 3 |
Affiliation | 1College of Biology, State Key Laboratary for Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China; 2College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China; 3Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, China |
| zhongyang@hnu.cn; *Corresponding author |
Article Type | Software
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Date | Received April 05, 2011; Accepted April 25, 2011; Published May 07, 2011
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Abstract | Simple sequence repeats (SSRs) are ubiquitous short tandem repeats, which are associated with various regulatory mechanisms and have been found in viral genomes. Herein, we develop MfSAT (Multi-functional SSRs Analytical Tool), a new powerful tool which can fast identify SSRs in multiple short viral genomes and then automatically calculate the numbers and proportions of various SSR types (mono-, di-, tri-, tetra-, penta- and hexanucleotide repeats). Furthermore, it also can detect codon repeats and report the corresponding amino acid.
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Keywords | comparative genomics, simple sequence repeat, software, microsatellite, codon repeat. |
Citation | Chen et al. Bioinformation 6(4): 171-172 (2011)
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Edited by | P Kangueane
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ISSN | 0973-2063
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Copyright | Publisher
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License | This is an open-access article, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, for non-commercial purposes, provided the original author and source are credited.
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