Titre
Comparative Genometrics (CG): a database dedicated to biometric comparisons of whole genomes.
Type
article
Institution
UNIL/CHUV/Unisanté + institutions partenaires
Périodique
Auteur(s)
Roten, C.A.
Auteure/Auteur
Gamba, P.
Auteure/Auteur
Barblan, J.L.
Auteure/Auteur
Karamata, D.
Auteure/Auteur
Liens vers les personnes
Liens vers les unités
ISSN
1362-4962[electronic]
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2002-01
Volume
30
Numéro
1
Première page
142
Dernière page/numéro d’article
144
Langue
anglais
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article
Résumé
The ever increasing rate at which whole genome sequences are becoming accessible to the scientific community has created an urgent need for tools enabling comparison of chromosomes of different species. We have applied biometric methods to available chromosome sequences and posted the results on our Comparative Genometrics (CG) web site. By genometrics, a term coined by Elston and Wilson [GENET: Epidemiol. (1990), 7, 17-19], we understand a biometric analysis of chromosomes. During the initial phase, our web site displays, for all completely sequenced prokaryotic genomes, three genometric analyses: the DNA walk [Lobry (1999) Microbiology Today, 26, 164-165] and two complementary representations, i.e. the cumulative GC- and TA-skew analyses, capable of identifying, at the level of whole genomes, features inherent to chromosome organization and functioning. It appears that the latter features are taxon-specific. Although primarily focused on prokaryotic chromosomes, the CG web site contains genometric information on paradigm plasmids, phages, viruses and eukaryotic organelles. Relevant data and methods can be readily used by the scientific community for further analyses as well as for tutorial purposes. Our data posted at the CG web site are freely available on the World Wide Web at http://www.unil.ch/comparativegenometrics.
PID Serval
serval:BIB_2B8C1BB11690
PMID
Open Access
Oui
Date de création
2008-01-24T13:07:40.974Z
Date de création dans IRIS
2025-05-20T15:25:37Z