An online database for the detection of novel archaeal sequences in human ESTs

Neil F W Saunders; Paul M G Curmi; Ricardo Cavicchioli

doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/bth249

An online database for the detection of novel archaeal sequences in human ESTs

Bioinformatics. 2004 Oct 12;20(15):2361-2. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/bth249. Epub 2004 Apr 15.

Authors

Neil F W Saunders¹, Paul M G Curmi, Ricardo Cavicchioli

Affiliation

¹ School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. [email protected]

PMID: 15087319
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/bth249

Abstract

We have developed a rapid, automated screening system and online database to detect foreign sequences of archaeal origin in human expressed sequence tags. The aim of the screening is to detect transcripts that may be derived from novel, putative archaeal pathogens or symbionts.

Availability: http://psychro.bioinformatics.unsw.edu.au/pathogen/index.php.

Publication types

Evaluation Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Algorithms*
Archaea / genetics*
Conserved Sequence / genetics
Databases, Genetic*
Evolution, Molecular
Expressed Sequence Tags*
Genetic Testing / methods
Genome, Archaeal
Genome, Human
Humans
Information Storage and Retrieval / methods*
Internet
Online Systems
Sequence Alignment / methods*
Sequence Analysis, DNA / methods*
Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid