EMBOSS
is a new, free Open Source software analysis package specially developed for
the needs of the
molecular biology (e.g. EMBnet) user community. The
software automatically copes
with data in a variety of formats and even allows transparent retrieval of
sequence data
from the web. Also, as extensive libraries are provided with the package, it
is a platform to allow
other scientists to develop and release software in true open source spirit. EMBOSS also
integrates a range of currently available packages and tools for sequence analysis into a
seamless whole. EMBOSS breaks the historical trend towards commercial software packages.
(http://www.uk.embnet.org/Software/EMBOSS/)
The EMBOSS suite:
* Provides a comprehensive set of
sequence analysis programs (approximately 100)
* Provides a set of core software
libraries (AJAX and NUCLEUS)
* Integrates other publicly
available packages
* Encourages the use of EMBOSS in
sequence analysis training.
* Encourages developers elsewhere to
use the EMBOSS libraries.
* Supports all common Unix platforms
including Linux, Digital Unix, Irix and Solaris.
Within EMBOSS you will find
around 100 programs (applications). These are just some of the areas covered:
* Sequence alignment
* Rapid database searching with sequence patterns
* Protein motif identification, including domain analysis
* EST analysis
* Nucleotide sequence pattern analysis, for example to
identify CpG islands.
* Simple and species-specific repeat identification
* Codon usage analysis for small genomes
* Rapid identification of sequence patterns in large
scale sequence sets.
* Presentation tools for publication
* And much more.