title: An online conserved SSR discovery through cross-species comparison.
abstract: Simple sequence repeats (SSRs) play important roles in gene regulation and genome evolution. Although there exist several online resources for SSR mining, most of them only extract general SSR patterns without providing functional information. Here, an online search tool, CG-SSR (Comparative Genomics SSR discovery), has been developed for discovering potential functional SSRs from vertebrate genomes through cross-species comparison. In addition to revealing SSR candidates in conserved regions among various species, it also combines accurate coordinate and functional genomics information. CG-SSR is the first comprehensive and efficient online tool for conserved SSR discovery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: Tun-Wen
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Pai
authors.forename: Chien-Ming
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Meng-Chang
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Hsiao
authors.forename: Ronshan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Wen-Shyong
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Tzou
authors.forename: Chin-Hua
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Hu