fastaextract

fastaextract extracts or excludes specific sequences from multifasta files using a dataset of identifiers to enable targeted sequence selection for genomic and metagenomic analyses.


Key Features:

  • Sequence Extraction/Exclusion: Selectively extracts or excludes one or more sequences from multifasta files based on provided identifiers.
  • Identifier Dataset Handling: Uses a dataset of identifiers to specify sequences to include or exclude.
  • Galaxy Integration: Operates within the Galaxy execution environment to run alongside other Galaxy tools.

Scientific Applications:

  • Metagenomic Data Analysis: Enables extraction of genes or regions of interest from complex metagenomic multifasta datasets.
  • Phylogenetic Studies: Aids preparation of sequence sets for phylogenetic analysis by excluding irrelevant sequences.

Methodology:

Communicates with Galaxy via the Galaxy API using the Bioblend library to submit and manage jobs on the Institut Pasteur cluster.

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Collections

Details

Maturity:
Mature
Tool Type:
web application
Operating Systems:
Linux, Windows, Mac
Added:
12/19/2016
Last Updated:
6/16/2020

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Publications

Mareuil F, Doppelt-Azeroual O, Ménager H. A public Galaxy platform at Pasteur used as an execution engine for web services. Unknown Journal. 2017. doi:10.7490/f1000research.1114334.1.

1.Afgan E, Baker D, van den Beek M, Blankenberg D, Bouvier D, Čech M, et al. The Galaxy platform for accessible, reproducible and collaborative biomedical analyses: 2016 update. Nucleic Acids Research [Internet]. 2016 May 2;44(W1):W3–10. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkw343

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