title: MICAS: a fully automated web server for microsatellite extraction and analysis from prokaryote and viral genomic sequences.
abstract: MICAS is a web server for extracting microsatellite information from completely sequenced prokaryote and viral genomes, or user-submitted sequences. This server provides an integrated platform for MICdb (database of prokaryote and viral microsatellites), W-SSRF (simple sequence repeat finding program) and Autoprimer (primer design software). MICAS, through dynamic HTML page generation, helps in the systematic extraction of microsatellite information from selected genomes hosted on MICdb or from user-submitted sequences. Further, it assists in the design of primers with the help of Autoprimer, for sequences containing selected microsatellite tracts.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Facility (EMBnet India node), Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Nacharam, Hyderabad, India.
authors.forename: Vattipally B
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Sreenu
authors.forename: Gundu
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ranjitkumar
authors.forename: Sugavanam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Swaminathan
authors.forename: Sasidharan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Priya
authors.forename: Buddhaditta
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bose
authors.forename: Mogili N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Pavan
authors.forename: Geeta
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Thanu
authors.forename: Javaregowda
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nagaraju
authors.forename: Hampapathalu A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Nagarajaram
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003205:Computing Methodologies; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics*; D003628:Database Management Systems; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling / Q000379:methods; D016678:Genome; D016679:Genome, Viral; D020407:Internet; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics*; D011387:Prokaryotic Cells; D016415:Sequence Alignment / Q000379:methods*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000379:methods*; D012984:Software; D014584:User-Computer Interface
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers