Bioinformatics Advance Access originally published online on April 15, 2004
Bioinformatics 2004 20(15):2361-2362; doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/bth249
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An online database for the detection of novel archaeal sequences in human ESTs
1 School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences and 2 School of Physics, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia and 3 Centre for Immunology, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia
Received on November 11, 2003; revised on January 20, 2004; accepted on January 26, 2004
Advance Access Publication April 15, 2004
Summary: We have developed a rapid, automated screening system and online database to detect foreign sequences of archaeal origin in human expressed sequence tags. The aim of the screening is to detect transcripts that may be derived from novel, putative archaeal pathogens or symbionts.
Availability: http://psychro.bioinformatics.unsw.edu.au/pathogen/index.php
Supplementary information: http://psychro.bioinformatics.unsw.edu.au/pathogen/about.php
Contact: neil.saunders{at}unsw.edu.au