title: SynView: a GBrowse-compatible approach to visualizing comparative genome data.
abstract: We present SynView, a simple and generic approach to dynamically visualize multi-species comparative genome data. It is a light-weight application based on the popular and configurable web-based GBrowse framework. It can be used with a variety of databases and provides the user with a high degree of interactivity. The tool is written in Perl and runs on top of the GBrowse framework. It is in use in the PlasmoDB (http://www.PlasmoDB.org) and the CryptoDB (http://www.CryptoDB.org) projects and can be easily integrated into other cross-species comparative genome projects.
  
  
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  The program and instructions are freely available at http://www.ApiDB.org/apps/SynView/
  
  
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  jkissing@uga.edu.
authors.affiliation: Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, University of Georgia Athens, GA 30602-2606, USA.
authors.forename: Haiming
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yanqi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Aaron J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Mackey
authors.forename: Eileen T
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Kraemer
authors.forename: Jessica C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Kissinger
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D002874:Chromosome Mapping / Q000379:methods*; D003196:Computer Graphics; D016678:Genome / Q000235:genetics*; D016415:Sequence Alignment / Q000379:methods*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000379:methods*; D012984:Software; D013045:Species Specificity; D014584:User-Computer Interface