Having a BLAST: analyzing gene sequence data with BlastQuest

Author

Farmerie, William G. ; Hammer, Joachim ; Liu, Li ; Schneider, Markus

Author_Institution

Florida Univ., Gainesville, FL, USA

fYear

2003

fDate

1-5 Sept. 2003

Firstpage

37

Lastpage

41

Abstract

An essential problem for biologists is the processing and evaluation of BLAST results. We advocate the deployment of database technology and describe a user-driven tool, called BlastQuest. BlastQuest provides interactive, Web-enabled query, analysis, and visualization facilities beyond what is possible by current BLAST interfaces. Specifically, the BLAST results are extracted, structured, and stored persistently in a relational database to support a series of build-in analysis operations that can be used to select, filter, and order data from multiple BLAST results efficiently and without referring to the original results. Users have the option to interact with the BlastQuest through a forms-based interface.

Keywords

Internet; biology computing; data analysis; data visualisation; genetics; query processing; relational databases; sequences; user interfaces; BLAST; BlastQuest; Web-enabled query; build-in analysis operations; database technology; gene sequence data; relational database; user-driven tool; visualization facilities; Biology computing; Biotechnology; DNA; Data analysis; Data visualization; Filters; Information science; Project management; Relational databases; Sequences;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Database and Expert Systems Applications, 2003. Proceedings. 14th International Workshop on

ISSN

1529-4188

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1993-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DEXA.2003.1231995

Filename

1231995