Skylign: A tool for creating informative, interactive logos representing sequence alignments and profile hidden Markov models

BMC Bioinformatics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Wheeler, Travis J ^a   Clements, Jody ^a   Finn, Robert D ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alignment logo; Hmm logo; Logo server; Profile logo; Sequence logo; Web logo

Indexed keywords

GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATIONS; HMM LOGO; PROFILE HIDDEN MARKOV MODEL; PROFILE LOGO; REDUNDANT SEQUENCES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENTS; SEQUENCE LOGOS; WEB LOGO;

HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; TOOLS; WEB SERVICES;

WEBSITES;

DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DNA; INTERNET; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84892407811     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-15-7     Document Type: Article

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