ESTWeb: bioinformatics services for EST sequencing projects

• Published in: Bioinformatics 2003-08, Vol.19 (12), p.1587-1588
• Main Authors: Paquola, Apuã C. M., Nishyiama, Milton Y., Reis, Eduardo M., da Silva, Aline M., Verjovski-Almeida, Sergio
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Bioinformatics; Biological and medical sciences; Computational Biology - methods; Database Management Systems; Documentation; Expressed Sequence Tags; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gene Expression Profiling - methods; General aspects; Information Storage and Retrieval - methods; Internet; Mathematics in biology. Statistical analysis. Models. Metrology. Data processing in biology (general aspects); Sequence Alignment - methods; Sequence Analysis, DNA - methods; Software; User-Computer Interface
• ISSN: 1367-4803; 1460-2059; 1367-4811
• DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btg196

ESTWeb is an internet based software package designed for uniform data processing and storage for large-scale EST sequencing projects. The package provides for: (a) reception of sequencing chromatograms; (b) sequence processing such as base-calling, vector screening, comparison with public databases; (c) storage of data and analysis in a relational database, (d) generation of a graphical report of individual sequence quality; and (e) issuing of reports with statistics of productivity and redundancy. The software facilitates real-time monitoring and evaluation of EST sequence acquisition progress along an EST sequencing project. Availability: http://bioinfo.iq.usp.br/estweb Contact: [e-mail] Supplementary information: http://bioinfo.iq.usp.br/estweb * To whom correspondence should be addressed.