A brief introduction to web-based genome browsers

J. Wang, L. Kong, G. Gao, J. Luo
2012 Briefings in Bioinformatics  
Genome browser provides a graphical interface for users to browse, search, retrieve and analyze genomic sequence and annotation data. Web-based genome browsers can be classified into general genome browsers with multiple species and species-specific genome browsers. In this review, we attempt to give an overview for the main functions and features of web-based genome browsers, covering data visualization, retrieval, analysis and customization. To give a brief introduction to the
more » ... genome browser, we describe the user interface and main functions of the Ensembl and UCSC genome browsers using the human alpha-globin gene cluster as an example. We further use the MSU and the Rice-Map genome browsers to show some special features of species-specific genome browser, taking a rice transcription factor gene OsSPL14 as an example.
doi:10.1093/bib/bbs029 pmid:22764121 fatcat:6q2kz2t3wrbj3l3sfamsyec7g4