Biology:Plasmapper

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Plasmapper
Content
DescriptionPlasmid mapping server
Data types
captured
Data input: Plasmid sequence (FASTA format); Data output: Text and image map of plasmid (PNG, JPG and SVG)
Contact
Research centreUniversity of Alberta
LaboratoryDr. David Wishart
Primary citationPlasMapper: a web server for drawing and auto-annotating plasmid maps.[1]
Access
Websitehttp://wishart.biology.ualberta.ca/PlasMapper/
Download URLhttp://wishart.biology.ualberta.ca/PlasMapper/
Miscellaneous
Curation policyManually curated

PlasMapper (Plasmid Mapper) [1] is a freely available web server that automatically generates and annotates high-quality circular plasmid maps. It is a particularly useful online service for molecular biologists wishing to generate plasmid maps without having to purchase or maintain expensive, commercial software. PlasMapper accepts plasmid/vector DNA sequence as input (FASTA format) and uses sequence pattern matching and BLAST sequence alignment to automatically identify and label common promoters, terminators, cloning sites, restriction sites, reporter genes, affinity tags, selectable marker genes, origins of replication and open reading frames. PlasMapper then reformats and presents the identified features in both a simple textual form and as high-resolution, multicolored image.

The appearance and content of the output can be customized in numerous ways using a variety of online options. PlasMapper images can be rendered in both rasterized (Portable Network Graphics (PNG) and JPG) and scalable vector graphics (SVG) formats to accommodate a variety of user needs or preferences. The images and textual output are of sufficient quality that they may be used directly in publications or presentations.

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Dong, X; Stothard P; Forsythe IJ; Wishart DS. (July 2004). "PlasMapper: a web server for drawing and auto-annotating plasmid maps.". Nucleic Acids Research 32 (Web Server issue): W660-4. doi:10.1093/nar/gkh410. PMID 15215471. 

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