New Onto-Tools: Promoter-Express, nsSNPCounter and Onto-Translate

The Onto-Tools suite is composed of an annotation database and eight complementary, web-accessible data mining tools: Onto-Express, Onto-Compare, Onto-Design, Onto-Translate, Onto-Miner, PathwayExpress, Promoter-Express and nsSNPCounter. Promoter-Express is a new tool added to the Onto-Tools ensemblethatfacilitatesthe identification of transcription factor binding sites active in specific conditions. nsSNPCounter is another new tool that allows computation and analysis of synonymous and non-synonymous codon substitutions for studying evolutionary rates of protein coding genes. Onto-Translate has also been enhanced to expand its scope and accuracy by fully utilizing the capabilities of the Onto-Tools database. Currently, Onto-Translate allows arbitrary mappings between 28 types of IDs for 53 organisms. Onto-Tools are freely availableathttp://vortex.cs.wayne.edu/Projects.html.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2006
• Where: NAR
• Authors: Purvesh Khatri, Valmik Desai, Adi L. Tarca, Sivakumar Sellamuthu, Derek E. Wildman, Roberto Romero, Sorin Draghici
• Keywords: NAR 2006, Onto-Tools Ensemblethatfacilitatesthe Identification, Tool, Web-accessible Data Mining