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Forna

Forna

forna is a web-based tool to display and edit RNA secondary structures. The visualizations are easily customizable on a web-browser. The forna algorithm uses the d3.js visualization library to visualize force-directed graph layout. You can also install the server locally inot your on computer.

Topic

Sequence analysis; RNA; Nucleic acid structure analysis

Details

  • Operation: Structure visualisation
  • Software interface: Web application
  • Language: Javascript, Python
  • Operating system: Linux; Mac OS X; Microsoft Windows
  • License: Apache License 2.0
  • Cost: Free
  • Version name: -
  • Credit: The Austrian DK RNA program, the Austrian FWF, the European Commission: the Environment Theme of the 7th Framework Program for Research and Technological Development
  • Contact: forna _at_ tbi.univie.ac.at
  • Collection: -

Publications

Kerpedjiev P, Hammer S, Hofacker IL "Forna (force-directed RNA): Simple and effective online RNA secondary structure diagrams." Bioinformatics 2015; 31(20):3377-9 https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btv372
PMID: 26099263
PMCID: PMC4595900


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