Visualization for genomics: the Microbial Genome Viewer.
CONCLUSIONS
A Web-based visualization tool, the Microbial Genome Viewer, is presented that allows the user to combine complex genomic data in a highly interactive way. This Web tool enables the interactive generation of chromosome wheels and linear genome maps from genome annotation data stored in a MySQL database. The generated images are in scalable vector graphics (SVG) format, which is suitable for creating high-quality scalable images and dynamic Web representations. Gene-related data such as transcriptome and time-course microarray experiments can be superimposed on the maps for visual inspection.


BACKGROUND
The Microbial Genome Viewer 1.0 is freely available at http://www.cmbi.kun.nl/MGV
Centre for Molecular and Biomolecular Informatics, University of Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands. R.Kerkhoven@cmbi.kun.nl
Robert
R
Kerkhoven
Frank H J
FH
van Enckevort
Jos
J
Boekhorst
Douwe
D
Molenaar
Roland J
RJ
Siezen
D002874:Chromosome Mapping / Q000379:methods*; D003196:Computer Graphics; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling / Q000379:methods*; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D016681:Genome, Fungal; D023281:Genomics / Q000379:methods*; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods; D020407:Internet; D009862:Online Systems; D014584:User-Computer Interface