CSTminer: a web tool for the identification of coding and noncoding conserved sequence tags through cross-species genome comparison

Nucleic Acids Res. 2004 Jul 1;32(Web Server issue):W624-7. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkh486.

Abstract

The identification and characterization of genome tracts that are highly conserved across species during evolution may contribute significantly to the functional annotation of whole-genome sequences. Indeed, such sequences are likely to correspond to known or unknown coding exons or regulatory motifs. Here, we present a web server implementing a previously developed algorithm that, by comparing user-submitted genome sequences, is able to identify statistically significant conserved blocks and assess their coding or noncoding nature through the measure of a coding potential score. The web tool, available at http://www.caspur.it/CSTminer/, is dynamically interconnected with the Ensembl genome resources and produces a graphical output showing a map of detected conserved sequences and annotated gene features.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Computer Graphics
  • Conserved Sequence
  • DNA, Intergenic / analysis*
  • Exons*
  • Genomics*
  • Humans
  • Internet
  • Mice
  • Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid
  • Sequence Tagged Sites*
  • Software*
  • User-Computer Interface

Substances

  • DNA, Intergenic