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-EMBOSS (European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite) is a software analysis package specially developed for the needs of molecular biologists. The software is free Open Source, thus allowing other scientists to develop and release new software, integrating also many other available packages and tools for sequence analysis.<br>+EMBOSS (European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite) is a software analysis package developed for the needs of molecular biologists. The software is Open Source, thus allowing other scientists to develop and release new software, integrating also many other available packages and tools for sequence analysis.<br>
-EMBOSS (verison 3.0) is installed and runs on the [[cluster]] server. It is highly connected both with the Bioinformatic service and research group activity. For example, it is used for automatic conversion of different sequence databases into suitable formats for other applications, such as [[BLAST]]. Moreover, many EMBOSS applications are used for specific sequence analysis in different group research projects.+EMBOSS (verison 3.0) is installed and runs on the cluster server.
=== How to reach and use EMBOSS === === How to reach and use EMBOSS ===
-:EMBOSS applications can be searched and launched from the [http://bioinfo.ceinge.unina.it Bioinfo website] through the [[PROGsDB]].+:EMBOSS applications can be searched and launched from the [http://bioinfo.ceinge.unina.it main website] or through the [[PROGsDB]].
-:Most of EMBOSS applications can be directly launched by [[CAPRI]].+:Most EMBOSS applications can be directly launched by [[CAPRI]].
:In the [[VLS]] environment, the EMBOSS package is fully available for command line use in the directory ''/bioprogs/emboss''. :In the [[VLS]] environment, the EMBOSS package is fully available for command line use in the directory ''/bioprogs/emboss''.

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EMBOSS (European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite) is a software analysis package developed for the needs of molecular biologists. The software is Open Source, thus allowing other scientists to develop and release new software, integrating also many other available packages and tools for sequence analysis.
EMBOSS (verison 3.0) is installed and runs on the cluster server.

How to reach and use EMBOSS

EMBOSS applications can be searched and launched from the main website or through the PROGsDB.
Most EMBOSS applications can be directly launched by CAPRI.
In the VLS environment, the EMBOSS package is fully available for command line use in the directory /bioprogs/emboss.

Available programs

More than one hundred of programs (called applications) are collected within EMBOSS, covering different biological areas such as:
  • Protein motif identification and domain analysis
  • Nucleotide sequence pattern analysis
  • Sequence alignment
  • Presentation tools for publication
and much more.
The EMBOSS applications are organized into groups according to their function (see the Application Groups Documentation for more information).
The complete list of installed EMBOSS applications is available here
Some very popular applications are:
  • matcher: Perform a local alignment of two sequences.
  • pepstats: Perform several statistics on proteins.
  • showfeat: Show features of a sequence.
  • patmatmotifs: Compares a protein sequence to the PROSITE motif database.
  • abiview: Reads ABI file (electropherograms) and display the trace.
  • palindrome: looks for inverted repeats in a nucleotide sequence.
  • infoseq: Displays some simple information about sequences.
  • water: Perform a local alignment of two sequences according to the Smith-Waterman algorithm.
  • needle: Perform a global alignment of two sequences according to the Needleman-Wunsch algorithm.
  • eprimer3: Picks PCR primers and hybridization oligos on sequences.
  • extractseq: Extract regions from a sequence.
  • tfscan: Scans DNA sequences for transcription factors.
  • tranalign: Align nucleic coding regions given the aligned proteins.

References

Rice P, Longden I and Bleasby A EMBOSS: The European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite Trends in Genetics, 2000, 16:276-277.
For more details about EMBOSS, visit the EMBOSS web site

Bioinformatics: Bioinfo Services: Bioinfo tools: EMBOSS - PHYLIP - BLAST - SRS - ENSEMBL - CAPRI - PROGsDB
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