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GEM Mapper

GEM Mapper

GEM Mapper is a tool for aligning paired-end reads to a reference genome. The GEM algorithm uses seed and extend technique and enables exhaustive searches given specific criteria.

Topic

Mapping

Details

  • Operation: Genome indexing; Local alignment; Global alignment; Sequence alignment; Read mapping
  • Input: FASTA, FASTQ, SAM
  • Output: GEM
  • Software interface: Command-line user interface
  • Language: C
  • Operating system: Linux; Mac OS X
  • License: GNU General Public License v3
  • Cost: Free
  • Version name: 3.6
  • Maturity: Mature
  • Credit: Ministerio de EducaciĆ³n y Ciencia (Spain), the US National Institutes of Health/National Human Genome Research Institute, the European Union 7th Framework integrating project Revolutionary Approaches and Devices for Nucleic Acid Analysis (READNA), the European Union 7th Framework project European Sequencing and Genotyping Infrastructure (ESGI)
  • Contact: Santiago Marco-Sola santiagomsola _at_ gmail.com | Paolo Ribeca paolo.ribeca _at_ gmail.com | Alejandro Chacon alejandro.chacond _at_ gmail.com | Simon Heath simon.heath _at_ gmail.com
  • Collection: -

Publications

Marco-Sola S, Sammeth M, Guigo R, Ribeca P "The GEM mapper: fast, accurate and versatile alignment by filtration." Nat Methods. 2012 Dec;9(12):1185-8. https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.2221
PMID: 23103880


Faust GG, Hall IM "GEM: crystal-clear DNA alignment" Nat Methods. 2012 Dec;9(12):1159-61. https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.2256
PMID: 23223169


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