Tools for sea urchin genomic analysis

Methods Mol Biol. 2014:1128:295-310. doi: 10.1007/978-1-62703-974-1_20.

Abstract

The Sea Urchin Genome Project Web site, SpBase ( http://SpBase.org ), in association with a suite of publicly available sequence comparison tools provides a platform from which to analyze genes and genomic sequences of sea urchin. This information system is specifically designed to support laboratory bench studies in cell and molecular biology. In particular these tools and datasets have supported the description of the gene regulatory networks of the purple sea urchin S. purpuratus. This chapter details methods to undertake in the first steps to find genes and noncoding regulatory sequences for further analysis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Databases, Genetic
  • Gene Regulatory Networks
  • Genome*
  • Genomics
  • Molecular Sequence Annotation
  • Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid
  • Sea Urchins / genetics*
  • Search Engine
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Software*
  • User-Computer Interface