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SATurn: a modular bioinformatics framework for the design of robust maintainable web-based and standalone applications.

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Summary

SATurn is a modular, open-source, bioinformatics platform designed to specifically address the problems of maintenance and longevity commonly associated with the development of simple tools funded by academic research grants. Applications developed in SATurn can be deployed as web-based tools, standalone applications or hybrid tools which have the benefits of both. Within the Structural Genomics Consortium we have utilized SATurn to create a bioinformatics portal which routinely supports a diverse group of scientists including those interested in structural biology, cloning, glycobiology and chemical biology.

Availability and implementation

https://github.com/ddamerell53/SATurn.

Supplementary information

Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.

SUBMITTER: Damerell DR

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6329998 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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SATurn: a modular bioinformatics framework for the design of robust maintainable web-based and standalone applications.

Damerell David R DR Strain-Damerell Claire C Garsot Sefa S Joyce Stephen P SP Barrett Paul P Marsden Brian D BD

Bioinformatics (Oxford, England) 20190101 2

<h4>Summary</h4>SATurn is a modular, open-source, bioinformatics platform designed to specifically address the problems of maintenance and longevity commonly associated with the development of simple tools funded by academic research grants. Applications developed in SATurn can be deployed as web-based tools, standalone applications or hybrid tools which have the benefits of both. Within the Structural Genomics Consortium we have utilized SATurn to create a bioinformatics portal which routinely ...[more]

PMID: 29982288

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SATurn: a modular bioinformatics framework for the design of robust maintainable web-based and standalone applications.

Summary

Availability and implementation

Supplementary information

Publications

SATurn: a modular bioinformatics framework for the design of robust maintainable web-based and standalone applications.

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