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DNA Innovate: Visualizing DNA sequences


Abstract:

Exploring DNA sequences is really important in the context of bioinformatics, as it maintains every function of our body - being the building block. Bioinformaticians hav...Show More

Abstract:

Exploring DNA sequences is really important in the context of bioinformatics, as it maintains every function of our body - being the building block. Bioinformaticians have unfolded numerous features of this sequence and it is probable that still there are more features to discover within DNA sequence. To get the desired information from DNA sequence quickly, depends largely on its presentation. It is desirable to investigate the sequence in visual or textual form, as needed. In this paper, we put forward a software tool which can be helpful in exploring DNA features and observing it in different representations (simultaneously or individually) to discover new patterns. The DNA sequence having up to 425,000 base pairs is tested on this tool.
Date of Conference: 15-16 August 2009
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 25 September 2009
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Conference Location: Karachi, Pakistan

I. Introduction

DNA sequence is comprised of a long series of units called nucleotides and each of them contains a variable chemical constituent called a base. These bases are of four types: Acetyl, Thymine, Cytosine and Guanine and for simplicity, are denoted by A, T, C and G, respectively. Using these four types of bases, DNA sequence is produced as a bi-product with a mixed proportion of these components.

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