Prodigal: prokaryotic gene recognition and translation initiation site identification

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Authors

Doug Hyatt · Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Gwo-Liang Chen · Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Philip LoCascio · Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Miriam Land · Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Frank W. Larimer · University of Tennessee at Knoxville

Loren Hauser · Joint Genome Institute

Abstract

We built a fast, lightweight, open source gene prediction program called Prodigal http://compbio.ornl.gov/prodigal/. Prodigal achieved good results compared to existing methods, and we believe it will be a valuable asset to automated microbial annotation pipelines.

Topics & Keywords

Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Machine Learning in Bioinformatics

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Partnerships for the goals

Publication Details

Published in: BMC Bioinformatics

Volume 11, Issue 1, pp. 119-119

DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-11-119

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