The fast DB documentation

 

 

 

 

 


Table of content

 

Table of content.. 2

General information.. 4

Exons and splicing events definition.. 5

Genomic sequence. 5

Transcripts selection. 5

BLAST against EST and mRNA sequence databanks  5

Alignment of selected transcript sequence with genomic sequence  5

Genomic exons definition. 6

Primary definition of alternative splicing events. 6

Alternative first exon  7

Alternative last exon  7

Retained intron  8

Exon skipping  8

Alternative 3’ splicing site  9

Alternative 5’ splicing site  9

Internal Exon Deletion (IED)  10

Refined definition of alternative splicing events. 10

Exon skipping  10

Intron retention  11

Features available from the “Transcripts view” page.. 12

Link between transcripts and PubMed. 12

Prediction of Open Reading Frames (ORF) 12

Prediction of nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) 13

Prediction of the microRNA/transcript interaction sites. 13

Association of transcript with tissue. 13

Database filling and creation of PDF and SWF files.. 15

Database filling. 15

Creation of PDF files. 15

Creation of SWF files. 15

The fast DB web interface.. 17

Search engine. 17

Multi-alignment of transcript sequences and in silico PCR.. 17

Multi-alignment of transcript sequences  17

In silico PCR   18

Probe alignment 18

Tissue-specificity analysis. 18

Tissue distribution histogram of all gene transcripts  18

Tissue distribution histogram of gene transcripts for a specific event 19

Analysis of alternative first exons. 19

Analysis of alternative terminal exons. 19

Exon skipping. 19

Intron retention. 20

Alternative 3’and 5’ splice sites. 20

FIGURE INDEX.. 21

References.. 22

 


General information

 

All scripts have been written in PERL v5.8.7 (http://www.perl.org/) using the following modules:

 

 

 

Data processed by our scripts have been retrieved from the following public databanks: