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Web Apollo: a web-based genomic annotation editing platform.

Genome biology ·Vol. 14 ·No. 8 ·2013-08-30 ·Pages R93

Lee E, Helt GA, Reese JT, Munoz-Torres MC, Childers CP, Buels RM, Stein L, Holmes IH, Elsik CG, Lewis SE

Abstract

Web Apollo is the first instantaneous, collaborative genomic annotation editor available on the web. One of the natural consequences following from current advances in sequencing technology is that there are more and more researchers sequencing new genomes. These researchers require tools to describe the functional features of their newly sequenced genomes. With Web Apollo researchers can use any of the common browsers (for example, Chrome or Firefox) to jointly analyze and precisely describe the features of a genome in real time, whether they are in the same room or working from opposite sides of the world.

MeSH Terms
Animals Birds Cattle Chromosome Mapping/statistics & numerical data Databases, Genetic Genome Genomics Insecta Internet Molecular Sequence Annotation/statistics & numerical data Plants Sequence Analysis, DNA Software
Authors & Affiliations
10 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Lee Eduardo
Helt Gregg A
Reese Justin T
Munoz-Torres Monica C
Childers Chris P
Buels Robert M
Stein Lincoln
Holmes Ian H
Elsik Christine G
Lewis Suzanna E
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Article Info
Journal
Genome biology
Abbr.
Genome Biol
ISSN
1474-760X
DOI
10.1186/gb-2013-14-8-r93
Published
2013-08-30
Epub
2013-00-30
Pages
R93
Language
English
Region
England
NLM ID
100960660
PMCID
PMC4053811
Subset
IM
Grants
NIGMS NIH HHS · R01 GM080203 · United States
NHGRI NIH HHS · 5R01HG004483 · United States
NIGMS NIH HHS · 5R01GM080203 · United States
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