| Title | A brief introduction to web-based genome browsers |
| Authors | Wang, Jun Kong, Lei Gao, Ge Luo, Jingchu |
| Affiliation | Peking Univ, Coll Life Sci, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China. Peking Univ, State Key Lab Prot & Plant Gene Res, Coll Life Sci, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China. |
| Keywords | genome browsers genomic databases visualization data retrieval and analysis customization BIOLOGICAL DATA DATABASE RICE EPIGENOME RESOURCE PLATFORM OSSPL14 BIOMART |
| Issue Date | 2013 |
| Publisher | briefings in bioinformatics |
| Citation | BRIEFINGS IN BIOINFORMATICS.2013,14,(2,SI),131-143. |
| Abstract | Genome browser provides a graphical interface for users to browse, search, retrieve and analyze genomic sequence and annotation data. Web-based genome browsers can be classified into general genome browsers with multiple species and species-specific genome browsers. In this review, we attempt to give an overview for the main functions and features of web-based genome browsers, covering data visualization, retrieval, analysis and customization. To give a brief introduction to the multiple-species genome browser, we describe the user interface and main functions of the Ensembl and UCSC genome browsers using the human alpha-globin gene cluster as an example. We further use the MSU and the Rice-Map genome browsers to show some special features of species-specific genome browser, taking a rice transcription factor gene OsSPL14 as an example. |
| URI | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11897/319945 |
| ISSN | 1467-5463 |
| DOI | 10.1093/bib/bbs029 |
| Indexed | SCI(E) PubMed |
| Appears in Collections: | 生命科学学院 |
