A comprehensive BAC resource
Search this comprehensive BAC resource to find the available mapping, sequence, annotation and functional data for each BAC for different species.
 
ACLAME -- A CLAssification of Mobile genetic Elements
Search and classify prokaryotic mobile genetic elements (MGEs).
 
AGenDA -- Gene Prediction by Cross-species Sequence Comparison
Predict genes by comparing genomic sequences from evolutionary related organisms to each other.
 
AUGUSTUS -- ab initio prediction of alternative transcripts
Predict gene in eukaryotic genomic sequences based on a generalized hidden Markov model.
 
AlterORF -- a database of alternate open reading frames
A searchable databse of alternate ORFs for over 600 fully sequenced microbial genomes.
 
BAGEL -- a web-based bacteriocin genome mining tool
Predict putative bacteriocin open reading frames (ORFs) in a DNA sequence.
 
BLogo -- A tool for visualization of bias in biological sequences
Detects and displays statistically significant position-specific sequence bias with reduced background noise.
 
Blast2 EVEC
Find vector contamination in a nucleotide sequences.
 
CHOP -- Visualization of ‘Wobbling’ and Isolation of Highly Conserved Regions from Aligned DNA Sequences
Find regions suspected of containing coding sequences and visualize nucleotide diversity between two genomic or gene sequences.
 
CSTminer -- A web tool for the identification of coding and noncoding conserved sequence tags through cross-species genome comparison
Identify coding and noncoding conserved sequence tags through cross-species genome comparison.
 
CUTG -- Codon usage tabulated from the international DNA sequence databases
Find the sum of the codon use of an organism from a list of 23093 organisms (2004).
 
ChimerDB -- A Knowledgebase for fusion sequences
Search for fusion sequences in human, mouse and rat genomes.
 
CodonO -- codon usage bias analysis within and across genomes
Measure synonymous codon usage bias within and across genomes.
 
Complexity -- An Internet resource for analysis of DNA sequence complexity
Search for low complexity regions in long sequences and estimate complexity of groups of aligned sequences.
 
CpGPlot/CpGReport/Isochore
Find CpG island in a nucleotide sequence.
 
DiProDb -- Dinucleotide Property Database
Find information about dinucleotide molecular properties.
 
EUGÈNE'HOM -- a generic similarity-based gene finder using multiple homologous sequences
Predict eukaryotic genes based on comparative analysis of homologous sequences.
 
EasyGene -- a prokaryotic gene finder that ranks ORFs by statistical significance.
Predict and statistically evaluate predicted prokaryotic open reading frames (ORFs).
 
Entrez Gene -- gene-centered information at NCBI
Search for gene-specific information in NCBI database.
 
FeatureExtract — extraction of sequence annotation made easy
Extract sequence and feature annotation, such as intron/exon structure, from GenBank entries and other GenBank format files.
 
FrameD -- a flexible program for quality check and gene prediction in prokaryotic genomes and noisy matured eukaryotic sequences
Predict coding regions in prokaryotic and matured eukaryotic sequences.
 
GASCO -- genetic algorithm simulation for codon optimization
An algorithm developed for the optimum codon selection using genetic algorithms.
 
GENSTYLE -- exploration and analysis of DNA sequences with genomic signature
Characterize and classify nucleotide sequences based on the genomic signature paradigm.
 
GenScan --Finding the genes in genomic DNA
To predict the locations and exon-intron structures of genes in genomic sequences from vertebrate,invertebrate and plants.
 
GeneAlign -- a coding exon prediction tool based on phylogenetical comparisons
Predict coding sequences.
 
GeneFizz -- a web tool to compare genetic (coding/non-coding) and physical (helix/coil) segmentations of DNA sequences. Gene discovery and evolutionary perspectives
Compare between genetic (coding/non-coding) and physics (helix/coil) segmentations of DNA sequences.
 
GeneMark -- web software for gene finding in prokaryotes, eukaryotes and viruses
Predict genes in prokaryotic, eukaryotic and viral genomic sequences.
 
GlimmerM, Exonomy and Unveil -- three ab initio eukaryotic genefinders
Predict genes in DNA sequences with different software tools.
 
HERVd -- Human Endogenous Retrovirus Database
Screen human genome for Human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs).
 
HOPPSIGEN -- A database of human and mouse processed pseudogenes
Search for information on annotate processed pseudogenes in complete genomes.
 
HUMHOT -- a database of human meiotic recombination hot spots
Search for meiotic recombination spots in human genome.
 
ISfinder -- the reference centre for bacterial insertion sequences
Search for bacterial insertion sequences (ISs).
 
Integrated databanks access and sequence/structure analysis services at the PBIL
Access to sequence databanks and to many tools of nucleic acid and protein sequence analyses.
 
Islander -- integrative islands in prokaryotic genome
To search for islands in prokarytoic genomic DNA sequences and analyze the phylogeny of the associated integrases.
 
JCat -- a novel tool to adapt codon usage of a target gene to its potential expression host
Adapt target gene codon usage to expression hosts to improve heterologous protein synthesis.
 
LTR_FINDER -- an efficient tool for the prediction of full-length LTR retrotransposons
Find full-length LTR retrotransposons in genome sequences.
 
MICdb -- A database of prokaryotic microsatellites
Search for non-redundant microsatellites extracted from fully sequenced prokaryotic genomes.
 
MKT -- The McDonald and Kreitman test
Detect the signature of natural selection at the molecular level.
 
MicroRNA.org -- targets and expression resource
Find microRNA target predictions and expression profiles in this comprehensive resource.
 
NCBI ORF Finder
Find open reading frames(ORF) present in a nucleotide sequence.
 
NPRD -- Nucleosome Positioning Region Database
Search for experimental data on locations and characteristics of nucleosome formation sites.
 
OPTIMIZER -- a web server for optimizing the codon usage of DNA sequences
An on-line PHP application that optimizes the codon usage of a DNA sequence to increase its expression level.
 
ORFDB --A High-quality Open Reading Frame Collection
Search an evolving collection of human and mouse Open Reading Frame (ORF) clones (UltimateTM ORF Clones).
 
OrfPredictor -- predicting protein-coding regions in EST-derived sequences
Identify protein-coding regions in expressed sequence tag (EST)-derived sequences.
 
OrthoMCL-DB -- querying a comprehensive multi-species collection of ortholog groups
Search for predicted ortholog group from 55 species.
 
ProMiR II -- a web server for the probabilistic prediction of clustered, nonclustered, conserved and nonconserved microRNAs
Predict miRNA genes.
 
RBR -- library-less repeat detection for ESTs
Mask ESTs for repeats, without using a library.
 
RTAnalyzer -- a web application for finding new retrotransposons and detecting L1 retrotransposition signatures
Tracks sequences of retrotransposed origin by scoring the signature results from an L1-mediated insertion within a genome.
 
RefSeq -- Reference Sequence database
Find sequences representing genomes, transcripts, and proteins.
 
SGDB -- a database of synthetic genes re-designed for optimizing protein over-expression
Search for sequences and associated experimental information on synthetic (artificially engineered) genes from all peer-reviewed studies.
 
STRBase -- A short tandem repeat DNA database for the human identity testing community
Search for short tandem repeat DNA in human genome.
 
Sircah -- a tool for the detection and visualization of alternative transcripts
Detect, analyze and visualize alternative transcripts.
 
Swiss EMBnet node web server
Use a collection of bioinformatics tools at this portal site.
 
TACT -- Transcriptome Auto-annotation Conducting Tool of H-InvDB
Conduct functional annotation of mRNA transcripts.
 
TargetIdentifier -- a web server for identifying full-length cDNAs from EST sequences
Identify full-length EST cDNAs and functionally annotate EST cDNAs.
 
The Genetic Codes at NCBI
Search for comprehensive information on genetic codes.
 
The Gypsy Database (GyDB) of mobile genetic elements
An in-progress database devoted to the non-redundant analysis and evolutionary-based classification of mobile genetic elements.
 
The TIGR Gene Indices -- clustering and assembling EST and known genes and integration with eukaryotic genomes
Search for annotated genetic information of expressed sequence tags (ESTs) in different eukaryotic organisms.
 
The imprinted gene and parent-of-origin effect database
Search for information on animal genes and phenotypes for which parent-of-origin effects have been reported.
 
The tRNAscan-SE, snoscan and snoGPS web servers for the detection of tRNAs and snoRNAs
Search for tRNA genes and snoRNA genes in genomic sequences.
 
The web server of IBM's Bioinformatics and Pattern Discovery group
Access to a large number of software tools for various bioinformatics tasks.
 
TranspoGene -- The influence of Transposed Elements (TEs) on the transcriptome of 7 species
Contains information regarding specific type and family of the TEs, genomic and mRNA location, sequence, supporting transcript accession and alignment to the TE consensus sequence.
 
Transterm -- A database of mRNAs and translational control elements
Search for elements and biologically relevant regions in mRNAs that control translation.
 
UCbase & miRfunc -- Ultraconserved sequences and miRNA function database
Search for information about ultraconserved regions, miRNAs and their related human disorders and genomic properties.
 
UTR BLAST
Search for the presence of UTR elements in a nucleotide sequence.
 
UTR Scan
Search for UTR functional elements in query sequences.
 
UTRome.org -- a platform for 3'UTR biology in C. elegans
Find 3'UTRs and their functional elements in C. elegans, including 3'UTR sequences, graphical displays, predicted and validated functional elements, secondary structure predictions, and other detailed data.
 
UgMicroSatdb -- database for mining microsatellites from unigenes
A web-based relational database of microsatellites present in unigene sequences covering 80 genomes.
 
UniGene
Find mapping and expression information for a unigene cluster (ESTs and full-length mRNA sequences organized into clusters that each represent a unique known or putative gene)
 
UniVec -- Identify DNA segments may be of vector origin
Identify vector contamination in nucleic acid sequences.
 
VecScreen
Find vector sequence contamination in a nucleotide sequence
 
VectorDB -- A database of commonly used vectors sequences
Search for annotations and sequence information for many vectors commonly used in molecular biology.
 
Xpro -- A database of eukaryotic protein-encoding genes
Search all the eukaryotic protein-encoding DNA sequences contained in GenBank and find annotations on the splice sites and intron phases.
 
miRBase -- tools for microRNA genomics
Search for comprehensive microRNA sequence data, annotation and predicted gene targets.
 
microTranspoGene -- The influence of Transposed Elements (TEs) on the biogenesis of microRNAs
Locate TE-derived microRNAs.
 
piRNABank -- a web resource on classified and clustered Piwi-interacting RNAs
Provides information on piRNAs in Human, Mouse, Rat, and Drosophila.
 
Éclair — a web service for unravelling species origin of sequences sampled from mixed host interfaces
Use support vector machines for the classification of the origin of expressed sequence tags stemming from mixed host cDNA libraries.
 

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