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	<guid isPermaLink="true">https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/36111/d3networktools-for-creating-d3-javascript-network-tree-dendrogram-and-sankey-graphs-from-r</guid>
	<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2018 12:10:45 -0500</pubDate>
	<link>https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/36111/d3networktools-for-creating-d3-javascript-network-tree-dendrogram-and-sankey-graphs-from-r</link>
	<title><![CDATA[d3Network:Tools for creating D3 JavaScript network, tree, dendrogram, and Sankey graphs from R.]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://bost.ocks.org/mike/">Mike Bostock</a><span>&rsquo;s&nbsp;</span><a href="http://d3js.org/">D3.js</a><span>&nbsp;is great for creating&nbsp;</span><a href="http://bl.ocks.org/mbostock/4062045">interactive network graphs</a><span>&nbsp;with JavaScript. The&nbsp;</span><a href="https://github.com/christophergandrud/d3Network">d3Network</a><span>&nbsp;package makes it easy to create these network graphs from&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.r-project.org/">R</a><span>. The main idea is that you should able to take an R data frame with information about the relationships between members of a network and create full network graphs with one command.</span></p><p>Address of the bookmark: <a href="http://christophergandrud.github.io/d3Network/" rel="nofollow">http://christophergandrud.github.io/d3Network/</a></p>]]></description>
	<dc:creator>Jit</dc:creator>
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	<guid isPermaLink="true">https://bioinformaticsonline.com/pages/view/36395/ligand-docking-tools-and-software</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2018 05:05:17 -0500</pubDate>
	<link>https://bioinformaticsonline.com/pages/view/36395/ligand-docking-tools-and-software</link>
	<title><![CDATA[Ligand Docking Tools and Software !]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[<p>Ligand docking referred to cases where small molecule (&ldquo;ligand&rdquo;) is being docked into much larger macromolecule ("target"). The following is partial list of docking software, focusing on free (at least for academic institutes) and/or popular docking tools.&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://autodock.scripps.edu/" target="_blank">AutoDock</a></p><p>Stochastic (GA)</p><p>Flexible ligand and partially flexible target</p><p><a href="http://www.arguslab.com/" target="_blank">ArgusLab</a></p><p>Systematic</p><p>Flexible ligandX-Score based</p><p><a href="http://dock.compbio.ucsf.edu/" target="_blank">DOCK</a></p><p>Systematic (IC)</p><p>Flexible ligandDOCK 3.5 (force field)</p><p><a href="http://www.simbiosys.ca/ehits/index.html" target="_blank">eHITS</a></p><p>Systematic (RBD of fragments followed by reconstruction)Flexible ligand and partially flexible targetHiTS_Score (empirical)</p><p><a href="http://www.biosolveit.de/" target="_blank">FlexX</a></p><p>Systematic (IC)Flexible ligandFlexX SF (empirical)Commercial</p><p><a href="http://flipdock.scripps.edu/" target="_blank">FLIPDock</a></p><p>Stochastic (GA)Flexible ligand and flexible targetAUTODOCK (empirical)</p><p><a href="http://www.eyesopen.com/products/applications/fred.html" target="_blank">FRED</a></p><p>Systematic (RBD)Flexible ligandChemScore, PLP, ScreenScore, ChemGauss (empirical/consensus)</p><p><a href="http://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/products/life_sciences/gold/" target="_blank">GOLD</a></p><p>Stochastic (GA)</p><p>Flexible ligand and partially flexible targetGoldScore, ChemScore (empirical), ASP (knowledge based)</p><p><a href="http://www.molsoft.com/docking.html" target="_blank">ICM</a></p><p>Stochastic (MC)</p><p>Flexible ligand and partially flexible targetICM SF (empirical)</p><p><a href="http://www.scfbio-iitd.res.in/dock/pardock.jsp" target="_blank">ParDOCK</a></p><p>Stochastic (MC)</p><p>RigidBAPPL (empirical)</p><p><em><a href="http://www.scfbio-iitd.res.in/dock/pardock.jsp" target="_blank"></a></em><a href="http://www.tcd.uni-konstanz.de/research/plants.php" target="_blank">PLANTS</a></p><p>Stochastic (ACO)Flexible ligand and partially flexible target</p><p>CHEMPLP, PLP (empirical)</p><p><a href="http://www.biopharmics.com/" target="_blank">Surflex</a></p><p>Systematic (IC/MA)Flexible ligandHammerhead based (empirical)</p><p>Point to note:</p><p>Several studies have shown that the performance of most docking tools is highly dependent on the particular characteristics of both the binding site and the ligand to be investigated, and the determination which method would be more suitable in a specific context is difficult. We encouraged you to check several docking methods to determine which one(s) work best for your system.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://autodock.scripps.edu/" target="_blank"></a></p>]]></description>
	<dc:creator>Poonam Mahapatra</dc:creator>
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	<guid isPermaLink="true">https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/36514/evidentialgene-tr2aacds-mrna-transcript-assembly-software</guid>
	<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2018 04:39:39 -0500</pubDate>
	<link>https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/36514/evidentialgene-tr2aacds-mrna-transcript-assembly-software</link>
	<title><![CDATA[EvidentialGene: tr2aacds, mRNA Transcript Assembly Software]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[<p><span>EvidentialGene is a genome informatics project, "Evidence Directed Gene Construction for Eukaryotes", to construct high quality, accurate gene sets for animals and plants, developed by Don Gilbert at Indiana University, see</span><br><a href="http://arthropods.eugenes.org/EvidentialGene/" target="_blank">http://arthropods.eugenes.org/EvidentialGene/<span></span></a><br><br><span>Construction refers to the combination of classical gene prediction, and more recent gene assembly (de-novo and genome-assisted) methods. The basic Evigene methods involve using available best-of-breed gene prediction and assembly software, combining all evidence for genes, from expressed sequences, genome assembly sequences, related species protein sequences, and any other, to annotate and score gene constructions. Over-produced constructions are classified by gene evidence for best qualities per "locus", including genome-aligned and gene-transcript aligned (genome-free) locus identification. All software developed for EvidentialGene is publicly available. See project wiki/blog for notes.</span></p>
<p><span>Download&nbsp;</span></p>
<p>http://arthropods.eugenes.org/EvidentialGene/trassembly.html</p>
<p>https://sourceforge.net/p/evidentialgene/blog/</p><p>Address of the bookmark: <a href="http://arthropods.eugenes.org/EvidentialGene/trassembly.html" rel="nofollow">http://arthropods.eugenes.org/EvidentialGene/trassembly.html</a></p>]]></description>
	<dc:creator>Rahul Nayak</dc:creator>
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	<guid isPermaLink="true">https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/43546/introduction-to-phylogenies-in-r</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2021 02:27:21 -0500</pubDate>
	<link>https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/43546/introduction-to-phylogenies-in-r</link>
	<title><![CDATA[Introduction to phylogenies in R]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[<p><span>R phylogenetics is built on the contributed packages for phylogenetics in R, and there are many such packages. Let's begin today by installing a few critical packages, such as ape, phangorn, phytools, and geiger. To get the most recent CRAN version of these packages, you will need to have R 3.3.x installed on your computer!</span></p><p>Address of the bookmark: <a href="http://www.phytools.org/Cordoba2017/ex/2/Intro-to-phylogenies.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.phytools.org/Cordoba2017/ex/2/Intro-to-phylogenies.html</a></p>]]></description>
	<dc:creator>Abhi</dc:creator>
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	<guid isPermaLink="true">https://bioinformaticsonline.com/blog/view/43999/tools-for-differential-expression-analysis</guid>
	<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2022 03:40:33 -0600</pubDate>
	<link>https://bioinformaticsonline.com/blog/view/43999/tools-for-differential-expression-analysis</link>
	<title><![CDATA[Tools for Differential expression analysis]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[<p><span>apeglm</span>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<a href="https://bioconductor.org/packages/release/bioc/html/apeglm.html" target="_blank">https://bioconductor.org/packages/release/bioc/html/apeglm.html</a></p><p><span>ashr</span>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<a href="https://github.com/stephens999/ashr" target="_blank">https://github.com/stephens999/ashr</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/ashr/index.html" target="_blank">https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/ashr/index.html</a></p><p><span>consensusDE</span>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<a href="https://bioconductor.org/packages/release/bioc/html/consensusDE.html" target="_blank">https://bioconductor.org/packages/release/bioc/html/consensusDE.html</a></p><p><span>DESeq2</span>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<a href="https://bioconductor.org/packages/release/bioc/html/DESeq2.html" target="_blank">https://bioconductor.org/packages/release/bioc/html/DESeq2.html</a></p><p><span>edgeR</span>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<a href="https://bioconductor.org/packages/release/bioc/html/edgeR.html" target="_blank">https://bioconductor.org/packages/release/bioc/html/edgeR.html</a></p><p><span>limma</span>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<a href="https://kasperdanielhansen.github.io/genbioconductor/html/limma.html" target="_blank">https://kasperdanielhansen.github.io/genbioconductor/html/limma.html</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://bioconductor.org/packages/release/bioc/html/limma.html" target="_blank">https://bioconductor.org/packages/release/bioc/html/limma.html</a></p><p><span>MetaCycle</span>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<a href="https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/MetaCycle/index.html" target="_blank">https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/MetaCycle/index.html</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://github.com/gangwug/MetaCycle" target="_blank">https://github.com/gangwug/MetaCycle</a></p><p><span>RUVSeq</span>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<a href="https://bioconductor.org/packages/release/bioc/html/RUVSeq.html" target="_blank">https://bioconductor.org/packages/release/bioc/html/RUVSeq.html</a></p><p><span>SARTools</span>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<a href="https://github.com/PF2-pasteur-fr/SARTools" target="_blank">https://github.com/PF2-pasteur-fr/SARTools</a></p><p><span>tximport</span>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<a href="https://github.com/mikelove/tximport" target="_blank">https://github.com/mikelove/tximport</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p>]]></description>
	<dc:creator>Abhi</dc:creator>
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	<guid isPermaLink="true">https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/44518/virus-bioinformatics-tools</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2024 06:19:55 -0500</pubDate>
	<link>https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/44518/virus-bioinformatics-tools</link>
	<title><![CDATA[Virus Bioinformatics Tools]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[<p><span>Bioinformatics tools play a crucial role in studying viruses, enabling researchers to analyze their genetic makeup, structure, function, and evolution. Here are some commonly used bioinformatics tools for virus research</span></p>
<p>https://evirusbioinfc.notion.site/18e21bc49827484b8a2f84463cb40b8d?v=92e7eb6703be4720abf17a901bc9a947</p><p>Address of the bookmark: <a href="https://evirusbioinfc.notion.site/18e21bc49827484b8a2f84463cb40b8d?v=92e7eb6703be4720abf17a901bc9a947" rel="nofollow">https://evirusbioinfc.notion.site/18e21bc49827484b8a2f84463cb40b8d?v=92e7eb6703be4720abf17a901bc9a947</a></p>]]></description>
	<dc:creator>LEGE</dc:creator>
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	<guid isPermaLink="true">https://bioinformaticsonline.com/blog/view/44718/mycology-research-resources-for-bioinformaticians-unlocking-the-fungal-kingdom</guid>
	<pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2024 11:21:45 -0600</pubDate>
	<link>https://bioinformaticsonline.com/blog/view/44718/mycology-research-resources-for-bioinformaticians-unlocking-the-fungal-kingdom</link>
	<title><![CDATA[Mycology Research Resources for Bioinformaticians: Unlocking the Fungal Kingdom]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[<p>Mycology, the study of fungi, is a field that bridges ecology, medicine, and biotechnology. With advancements in bioinformatics, researchers now have unprecedented opportunities to explore the fungal kingdom at molecular, genetic, and ecological levels. From understanding pathogenic fungi to harnessing fungal enzymes for industrial applications, the potential is vast.</p><p>To fully leverage these opportunities, bioinformaticians require specialized tools and databases. This blog highlights essential resources for mycology research, focusing on databases, tools, and platforms tailored for fungal biology.</p><h4><strong>1. Fungal Databases</strong></h4><h5><strong>1.1. MycoCosm</strong></h5><p><strong>Website</strong>: <a target="_new">MycoCosm</a><br />Developed by the DOE Joint Genome Institute, MycoCosm is a comprehensive portal for fungal genomics. It offers genomic and transcriptomic data for a wide range of fungi, including saprobes, pathogens, and symbionts.</p><ul>
<li><strong>Key Features</strong>: Genome browsers, comparative genomics tools, and functional annotations.</li>
<li><strong>Best For</strong>: Large-scale studies on fungal evolution and ecology.</li>
</ul><h5><strong>1.2. FungiDB</strong></h5><p><strong>Website</strong>: <a href="https://fungidb.org/" target="_new">FungiDB</a><br />FungiDB is an integrated genomic resource for fungal pathogens and non-pathogens. It provides access to genome sequences, transcriptomic data, and functional annotations.</p><ul>
<li><strong>Key Features</strong>: Advanced search options, BLAST, and pathway analysis tools.</li>
<li><strong>Best For</strong>: Studying fungal pathogenesis and host-pathogen interactions.</li>
</ul><h5><strong>1.3. Index Fungorum</strong></h5><p><strong>Website</strong>: <a href="http://www.indexfungorum.org/" target="_new">Index Fungorum</a><br />This nomenclatural database provides information on the scientific names of fungi. It&rsquo;s an essential resource for taxonomists and researchers focused on fungal biodiversity.</p><ul>
<li><strong>Key Features</strong>: Taxonomic hierarchy and synonymy tracking.</li>
<li><strong>Best For</strong>: Identifying and classifying fungal species.</li>
</ul><h5><strong>1.4. UNITE</strong></h5><p><strong>Website</strong>: <a target="_new">UNITE</a><br />UNITE is a specialized database for fungal ITS (Internal Transcribed Spacer) sequences, often used in fungal identification and phylogenetics.</p><ul>
<li><strong>Key Features</strong>: Curated reference datasets and community annotations.</li>
<li><strong>Best For</strong>: Environmental mycology and microbial ecology studies.</li>
</ul><h4><strong>2. Analytical Tools</strong></h4><h5><strong>2.1. Funannotate</strong></h5><p><strong>Repository</strong>: <a href="https://github.com/nextgenusfs/funannotate" target="_new">GitHub - Funannotate</a><br />Funannotate is a genome annotation tool designed for fungi. It supports tasks like gene prediction, functional annotation, and orthology analysis.</p><ul>
<li><strong>Best For</strong>: Annotating newly sequenced fungal genomes.</li>
</ul><h5><strong>2.2. BUSCO (Benchmarking Universal Single-Copy Orthologs)</strong></h5><p><strong>Website</strong>: <a target="_new">BUSCO</a><br />BUSCO evaluates genome assembly and annotation completeness using orthologs. It includes a fungal-specific dataset.</p><ul>
<li><strong>Best For</strong>: Assessing the quality of fungal genome assemblies.</li>
</ul><h5><strong>2.3. Pathogen-Host Interactions Database (PHI-base)</strong></h5><p><strong>Website</strong>: <a href="http://www.phi-base.org/" target="_new">PHI-base</a><br />PHI-base is a manually curated resource containing information on pathogen-host interactions, including fungal pathogens.</p><ul>
<li><strong>Best For</strong>: Exploring virulence factors and host-pathogen relationships.</li>
</ul><h4><strong>3. Visualization Platforms</strong></h4><h5><strong>3.1. Cytoscape</strong></h5><p><strong>Website</strong>: <a href="https://cytoscape.org/" target="_new">Cytoscape</a><br />A powerful tool for visualizing molecular interaction networks, Cytoscape can be used to study protein-protein interactions, gene networks, and metabolic pathways in fungi.</p><ul>
<li><strong>Best For</strong>: Network biology and functional genomics.</li>
</ul><h5><strong>3.2. iTOL (Interactive Tree of Life)</strong></h5><p><strong>Website</strong>: <a target="_new">iTOL</a><br />iTOL is an interactive tool for visualizing phylogenetic trees.</p><ul>
<li><strong>Best For</strong>: Displaying fungal phylogenies and comparing evolutionary relationships.</li>
</ul><h4><strong>4. Community Resources</strong></h4><h5><strong>4.1. Mycological Society of America (MSA)</strong></h5><p><strong>Website</strong>: <a href="https://msafungi.org/" target="_new">MSA</a><br />The MSA promotes fungal research and provides access to resources, conferences, and publications.</p><ul>
<li><strong>Best For</strong>: Networking with fungal researchers and accessing recent studies.</li>
</ul><h5><strong>4.2. OpenFungi</strong></h5><p><strong>Website</strong>: <a href="https://openfungi.org/" target="_new">OpenFungi</a><br />OpenFungi is an open-source initiative providing fungal genomic and transcriptomic datasets for research and education.</p><ul>
<li><strong>Best For</strong>: Sharing and accessing public fungal datasets.</li>
</ul><h4><strong>5. Genomics Workflows</strong></h4><h5><strong>5.1. Galaxy</strong></h5><p><strong>Website</strong>: <a href="https://usegalaxy.org/" target="_new">Galaxy Project</a><br />Galaxy offers a web-based platform for reproducible bioinformatics workflows, including tools for fungal genome and transcriptome analysis.</p><ul>
<li><strong>Best For</strong>: User-friendly analysis pipelines without requiring coding skills.</li>
</ul><h5><strong>5.2. Snakemake</strong></h5><p><strong>Repository</strong>: <a target="_new">Snakemake</a><br />A flexible pipeline management tool that supports fungal data processing and analysis.</p><ul>
<li><strong>Best For</strong>: Custom workflows for large-scale fungal datasets.</li>
</ul><h4><strong>Conclusion</strong></h4><p>Fungal research is a rapidly growing field with vast implications for medicine, agriculture, and industry. For bioinformaticians, the availability of specialized resources&mdash;databases, tools, and community platforms&mdash;opens doors to innovative discoveries. Whether you are investigating fungal genomics, studying host-pathogen interactions, or exploring fungal biodiversity, the resources outlined above will empower your research journey.</p><p>Dive into these resources and help unravel the mysteries of the fungal kingdom!</p>]]></description>
	<dc:creator>Neel</dc:creator>
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	<guid isPermaLink="true">https://bioinformaticsonline.com/blog/view/42974/list-of-bioinformatics-packages-for-ngs-analysis</guid>
	<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2021 00:28:51 -0500</pubDate>
	<link>https://bioinformaticsonline.com/blog/view/42974/list-of-bioinformatics-packages-for-ngs-analysis</link>
	<title><![CDATA[List of bioinformatics packages for NGS analysis !]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[<p>Package suites gather software packages and installation tools for specific languages or platforms. We have some for bioinformatics software.</p><ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/Bioconductor">Bioconductor</a>&nbsp;&ndash; A plethora of tools for analysis and comprehension of high-throughput genomic data, including 1500+ software packages. [&nbsp;<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/gb-2004-5-10-r80">paper-2004</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bioconductor.org/">web</a>&nbsp;]</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/biopython/biopython">Biopython</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Freely available tools for biological computing in Python, with included cookbook, packaging and thorough documentation. Part of the&nbsp;<a href="http://open-bio.org/">Open Bioinformatics Foundation</a>. Contains the very useful&nbsp;<a href="https://biopython.org/DIST/docs/api/Bio.Entrez-module.html">Entrez</a>&nbsp;package for API access to the NCBI databases. [&nbsp;<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19304878">paper-2009</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="https://biopython.org/">web</a>&nbsp;]</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/bioconda">Bioconda</a>&nbsp;&ndash; A channel for the&nbsp;<a href="http://conda.pydata.org/docs/intro.html">conda package manager</a>&nbsp;specializing in bioinformatics software. Includes a repository with 3000+ ready-to-install (with&nbsp;<code>conda install</code>) bioinformatics packages. [&nbsp;<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29967506">paper-2018</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="https://bioconda.github.io/">web</a>&nbsp;]</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/BioJulia">BioJulia</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Bioinformatics and computational biology infastructure for the Julia programming language. [&nbsp;<a href="https://biojulia.net/">web</a>&nbsp;]</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/rust-bio/rust-bio">Rust-Bio</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Rust implementations of algorithms and data structures useful for bioinformatics. [&nbsp;<a href="http://bioinformatics.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2015/10/06/bioinformatics.btv573.short?rss=1">paper-2016</a>&nbsp;]</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/seqan/seqan3">SeqAn</a>&nbsp;&ndash; The modern C++ library for sequence analysis.</li>
</ul>]]></description>
	<dc:creator>Rahul Nayak</dc:creator>
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	<guid isPermaLink="true">https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/35057/ectools-long-read-correction-and-other-correction-tools</guid>
	<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2018 04:02:22 -0600</pubDate>
	<link>https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/35057/ectools-long-read-correction-and-other-correction-tools</link>
	<title><![CDATA[ECTOOLS: Long Read Correction and other Correction tools]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[<p>Long Read Correction and other Correction tools</p>
<p>This package is a loose collection of scripts. To run the correction<br>routine see the section below. Descriptions of the other scripts<br>are at the bottom of this file.</p>
<p>Contact: gurtowsk@cshl.edu</p>
<p>In short, the correction algorithm takes as input the unitigs from a short read assembly and uses them to correct long read data. More background information for the algorithm can be found:<br>http://schatzlab.cshl.edu/presentations/2013-06-18.PBUserMeeting.pdf</p><p>Address of the bookmark: <a href="https://github.com/jgurtowski/ectools" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/jgurtowski/ectools</a></p>]]></description>
	<dc:creator>Jit</dc:creator>
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	<guid isPermaLink="true">https://bioinformaticsonline.com/pages/view/36842/gap-filling-or-contigs-extensions-tools</guid>
	<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2018 08:07:32 -0500</pubDate>
	<link>https://bioinformaticsonline.com/pages/view/36842/gap-filling-or-contigs-extensions-tools</link>
	<title><![CDATA[Gap filling or Contigs extensions tools !]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[
<p>There are many tools to perform gap filling using Illumina short reads, for example "GapFiller: a de novo assembly approach to fill the gap within paired reads" or "Toward almost closed genomes with GapFiller". There are also some tools like GAPresolution that can help to perform local re-assemblies using 454 reads. We used GAPresolution but it is not a very good software, it is useful only in some specific situations.</p>

<p>Take a look at the PRICE software from the DeRisi lab. Its meant to do something very similar. http://derisilab.ucsf.edu/index.php?page=software</p>

<p>You could also look at SSPACE (http://www.baseclear.com/landingpages/basetools-a-wide-range-of-bioinformatics-solutions/sspacev12/), ATLAS tools (http://www.hgsc.bcm.tmc.edu/content/bcm-hgsc-software), and SCARPA (http://compbio.cs.toronto.edu/hapsembler/scarpa.html).</p>

<p>See the PAGIT protocol: http://www.sanger.ac.uk/resources/software/pagit/ </p>

<p>In particular, take a look at the IMAGE tool: http://genomebiology.com/2010/11/4/R41 </p>

<p>Also SOAPdenovo has ha function for scaffolding. Not sure about ABYSS</p>

<p>Here there is a useful explanation of several tools.</p>

<p>https://bioinformaticsonline.com/search?q=scaffolding&amp;entity_type=object&amp;entity_subtype=bookmarks&amp;offset=0&amp;search_type=entities</p>

<p>I could be wrong, but the above answers to your hypothetical scenario appear to miss the point that you aren't interested in assembling the full genome, just the 100 kb part you're interested in. I suggest the following algorithm:</p>

<p>1. Start with the initial assembly C0 of the contigs you have identified as overlapping your region of interest, and the set S of reads those contigs contain. Let C = C0.</p>

<p>2. Repeat:<br />a. Identify paired-end reads (not in C) for which one or both ends align within, or extending, contigs in C.<br />b. Identify unpaired reads that align extending these new paired-end reads.<br />c. Construct a new assembly C' from C and the new reads identified in (a) and (b).<br />d. Trim C' so it does not extend more than 100 kb to either end of C0. Set C = C'.<br />e. Let S' denote the reads that contribute to C'. If S' does not contain any reads not present in S, stop. Otherwise, Set S = S'.</p>

<p>3. If you don't have a complete assembly of the region of interest, generate an STS for each end of each contig, probe a library for clones including these STSes, subclone these clones into a paired-end sequencing vector, and generate paired-end reads for this library; then try steps (1) and (2) again, adding these new sequencing reads to what you had before.</p>

<p>4. If your average sequencing depth for the region of interest exceeds 25 or so without filling all gaps, it is likely that the remaining gaps represent sequences that are not getting cloned in your sequencing vectors. Try different sequencing vectors.</p>
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	<dc:creator>Rahul Nayak</dc:creator>
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