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Selectome: a database of positive selection.

ABSTRACT: Genome wide scans have shown that positive selection is relatively frequent at the molecular level. It is of special interest to identify which protein sites and which phylogenetic branches are affected. We present Selectome, a database which provides the results of a rigorous branch-site specific likelihood test for positive selection. The Web interface presents test results mapped both onto phylogenetic trees and onto protein alignments. It allows rapid access to results by keyword, gene name, or taxonomy based queries. Selectome is freely available at http://bioinfo.unil.ch/selectome/.

SUBMITTER: Proux E

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2686563 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Selectome: a database of positive selection.

Proux Estelle E Studer Romain A RA Moretti Sébastien S Robinson-Rechavi Marc M

Nucleic acids research 20081028 Database issue

Genome wide scans have shown that positive selection is relatively frequent at the molecular level. It is of special interest to identify which protein sites and which phylogenetic branches are affected. We present Selectome, a database which provides the results of a rigorous branch-site specific likelihood test for positive selection. The Web interface presents test results mapped both onto phylogenetic trees and onto protein alignments. It allows rapid access to results by keyword, gene name, ...[more]

PMID: 18957445

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Selectome: a database of positive selection.

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