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Here are some key resources for getting the latest influenza nucleotide and protein sequences.

Resources with analysis results.

Useful bioinformatic tools.

  • Sequence Polymorphism Search at BioHealthBase:  Very useful analysis!

BioHealthBase can display either nucleotide or amino acid polymorphism and provides 2 approaches to influenza sequence polymorphism determination. The first approach precomputes a consensus sequence for each position using a set of sequences representing each unique combination of host, subtype, and segment for type A influenza. The amount of variation at each position is then shown. The second approach performs the same calculations using a set of sequences that you either select from the BioHealthBase database or upload to BioHealthBase. Click here.

  • ProfileGrid
ProfileGrid is sequence comparison tool useful for comparing large numbers of similar sequences.  Load a set of aligned sequences and the program will output a graphical display showing the nucleotide or amino acid composition at each site.  This is an excellent resource for identifying variable and conserved sites. Click here.

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Understanding phylogeny:

  • Evolver Zone, a resource for students, teachers, and researchers with an interest in evolution.
Last Updated on Thursday, 06 August 2009 15:00