glam2 | gapped protein motifs from unaligned sequences | Mehr ... |
GLAM2 is a software package for finding motifs in sequences, typically amino-acid or nucleotide sequences. A motif is a re-occurring sequence pattern: typical examples are the TATA box and the CAAX prenylation motif. The main innovation of GLAM2 is that it allows insertions and deletions in motifs. . The package includes these programs: glam2: discovering motifs shared by a set of sequences; glam2scan: finding matches, in a sequence database, to a motif discovered by glam2; glam2format: converting glam2 motifs to standard alignment formats; glam2mask: masking glam2 motifs out of sequences, so that weaker motifs can be found; glam2-purge: removing highly similar members of a set of sequences. . In this package, the fast Fourier algorithm (FFT) was enabled for glam2. . If you use GLAM2, please cite: MC Frith, NFW Saunders, B Kobe, TL Bailey (2008) Discovering sequence motifs with arbitrary insertions and deletions, PLoS Computational Biology (in press). |