Open source libraries and frameworks for mass spectrometry based proteomics: a developer's perspective.

ABSTRACT: Data processing, management and visualization are central and critical components of a state of the art high-throughput mass spectrometry (MS)-based proteomics experiment, and are often some of the most time-consuming steps, especially for labs without much bioinformatics support. The growing interest in the field of proteomics has triggered an increase in the development of new software libraries, including freely available and open-source software. From database search analysis to post-processing of the identification results, even though the objectives of these libraries and packages can vary significantly, they usually share a number of features. Common use cases include the handling of protein and peptide sequences, the parsing of results from various proteomics search engines output

SUBMITTER: Perez-Riverol Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3898926 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature