SigWinR; the SigWin-detector updated and ported to R.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Our SigWin-detector discovers significantly enriched windows of (genomic) elements in any sequence of values (genes or other genomic elements in a DNA sequence) in a fast and reproducible way. However, since it is grid based, only (life) scientists with access to the grid can use this tool. Therefore and on request, we have developed the SigWinR package which makes the SigWin-detector available to a much wider audience. At the same time, we have introduced several improvements to its algorithm as well as its functionality, based on the feedback of SigWin-detector end users.

Findings

To allow usage of the SigWin-detector on a desktop computer, we have rewritten it as a package for R: SigWinR. R is a free and widely used multi platform software environment for stati

SUBMITTER: de Leeuw WC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2762987 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature