pviz

pviz visualizes protein sequences and associated features as interactive representations to support exploration of sequence regions and annotations.


Key Features:

  • Interactive Zooming: Provides scalable rendering to inspect sequence elements and annotations at multiple resolutions.
  • Variety of Renderings: Supports secondary structure and post-translational modification visualizations in addition to basic box alignment displays.
  • User Customization: Enables customization of displayed tracks and annotations to match research-specific feature sets.

Scientific Applications:

  • Proteomic Data Visualization: Maps proteomic data features onto protein sequences and structures for visualization and interpretation.
  • Variation Effect Prediction: Visualizes variant_effect_predictor tool results from Ensembl to display predicted variant consequences on protein features.

Methodology:

Processes sequence and feature location inputs and renders interactive visualizations using JavaScript for dynamic display.

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Details

Tool Type:
desktop application
Operating Systems:
Linux, Windows, Mac
Programming Languages:
JavaScript
Added:
8/3/2017
Last Updated:
11/25/2024

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Publications

Mukhyala K, Masselot A. Visualization of protein sequence features using JavaScript and SVG with pViz.js. Bioinformatics. 2014;30(23):3408-3409. doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btu567. PMID:25147360.

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