EDGAR 2.0: an enhanced software platform for comparative gene content analyses.

ABSTRACT: The rapidly increasing availability of microbial genome sequences has led to a growing demand for bioinformatics software tools that support the functional analysis based on the comparison of closely related genomes. By utilizing comparative approaches on gene level it is possible to gain insights into the core genes which represent the set of shared features for a set of organisms under study. Vice versa singleton genes can be identified to elucidate the specific properties of an individual genome. Since initial publication, the EDGAR platform has become one of the most established software tools in the field of comparative genomics. Over the last years, the software has been continuously improved and a large number of new analysis features have been added. For the new version, EDGAR 2.0,

SUBMITTER: Blom J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4987874 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature