RiboChat

RiboChat analyzes ribosome profiling (Ribo-seq) data to extract translation-related information and to select appropriate computational analytics modules for downstream interpretation.


Key Features:

  • Object-Text Detection Module: Identifies relevant keywords from user-provided queries to extract analysis requirements.
  • Analytics Module Scoring System: Scores identified features to determine the most suitable analytics modules for execution.
  • Cloud-Computing Backend Service: Performs data processing and stores Ribo-seq datasets to support large-scale analyses.
  • Automated Workflow Management: Verifies completion status of dataset uploads and parameter configurations before executing analytics modules.
  • Ribo-seq Data Support: Processes ribosome profiling (Ribo-seq) inputs to enable extraction of translation information.

Scientific Applications:

  • Decoding translation information: Extracts translation signals embedded within Ribo-seq datasets for downstream analysis.
  • Gene expression studies: Supports analysis of translation-level gene expression derived from ribosome profiling.
  • Translational regulation analysis: Facilitates identification of translational regulation patterns using Ribo-seq data.
  • Exploration of novel translation mechanisms: Enables investigation of noncanonical or previously uncharacterized translation events from Ribo-seq datasets.

Methodology:

An object-text detection module extracts keywords from queries, a scoring system selects analytics modules, an automated workflow manager verifies dataset uploads and parameter configurations, and a cloud-computing backend executes analyses and stores Ribo-seq data.

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Details

Cost:
Free of charge
Tool Type:
web application
Operating Systems:
Mac, Linux, Windows
Added:
6/11/2022
Last Updated:
6/11/2022

Operations

Publications

Xie M, Yang L, Chen G, Wang Y, Xie Z, Wang H. RiboChat: a chat-style web interface for analysis and annotation of ribosome profiling data. Briefings in Bioinformatics. 2022;23(2). doi:10.1093/bib/bbab559. PMID:35043169.

PMID: 35043169
Funding: - National Natural Science Foundation of China: 31871302 - Overseas Natural Science of China: 31829002