CSTminer: a web tool for the identification of coding and noncoding conserved sequence tags through cross-species genome comparison
Author(s)
Date Issued
2004
Type
article
Volume
32
Issue
Web Server issue
Start Page
W624
End Page
W627
Journal
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.