UCSC genome browser tutorial.

Full Abstract

The University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) Genome Bioinformatics website consists of a suite of free, open-source, on-line tools that can be used to browse, analyze, and query genomic data. These tools are available to anyone who has an Internet browser and an interest in genomics. The website provides a quick and easy-to-use visual display of genomic data. It places annotation tracks beneath genome coordinate positions, allowing rapid visual correlation of different types of information. Many of the annotation tracks are submitted by scientists worldwide; the others are computed by the UCSC Genome Bioinformatics group from publicly available sequence data. It also allows users to upload and display their own experimental results or annotation sets by creating a custom track. The suite of tools, downloadable data files, and links to documentation and other information can be found at http://genome.ucsc.edu/.

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Author information

Author/s: Zweig, Ann S (AS); Karolchik, Donna (D); Kuhn, Robert M (RM); Haussler, David (D); Kent, W James (WJ);

Affiliation: UCSC Genome Bioinformatics Group, Center for Biomolecular Science and Engineering, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA. ann(-atsign-)soe.ucsc.edu

Grants: N01-CO-12400 (Agency:United States NCI) ; P41 HG002371 (Agency:United States NHGRI) ; (Agency:United States Howard Hughes Medical Institute)

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Review

Journal: Genomics (Genomics), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2008-Aug; vol 92 (issue 2) : pp 75-84

Dates: Created 2008/07/15; Completed 2008/07/22;

PMID: 18514479, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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