Comparative phyloinformatics of virus genes at micro and macro levels in a distributed computing environment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Preparedness for a possible global pandemic caused by viruses such as the highly pathogenic influenza A subtype H5N1 has become a global priority. In particular, it is critical to monitor the appearance of any new emerging subtypes. Comparative phyloinformatics can be used to monitor, analyze, and possibly predict the evolution of viruses. However, in order to utilize the full functionality of available analysis packages for large-scale phyloinformatics studies, a team of computer scientists, biostatisticians and virologists is needed--a requirement which cannot be fulfilled in many cases. Furthermore, the time complexities of many algorithms involved leads to prohibitive runtimes on sequential computer platforms. This has so far hindered the use of comparative phyloinfo

SUBMITTER: Singh DT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2259424 | biostudies-literature | 2008

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature