title: Software for DNA sequencing by hybridization.
abstract: Sequencing by hybridization (SBH) is a promising alternative approach to DNA sequencing and mutation detection. Analysis of the resolving power of SBH involves rather difficult combinatorial and probabilistic problems, and sometimes computer simulation is the only way to estimate the parameters and limitations of SBH experiments. This paper describes a software package, DNA-SPECTRUM, which allows one to analyze the resolving power and parameters of SBH. We also introduce the technique for visualizing multiple SBH reconstructions and describe applications of DNA-SPECTRUM to estimate various SBH parameters. DNA-SPECTRUM is available at http://www-hto.usc.edu/software/sbh/index. html.
authors.affiliation: Transarc Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Belyi
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Pevzner
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D003196:Computer Graphics; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012984:Software
chemical_list: D004247:DNA