title: ViPR: an open bioinformatics database and analysis resource for virology research.
abstract: The Virus Pathogen Database and Analysis Resource (ViPR, www.ViPRbrc.org) is an integrated repository of data and analysis tools for multiple virus families, supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Bioinformatics Resource Centers (BRC) program. ViPR contains information for human pathogenic viruses belonging to the Arenaviridae, Bunyaviridae, Caliciviridae, Coronaviridae, Flaviviridae, Filoviridae, Hepeviridae, Herpesviridae, Paramyxoviridae, Picornaviridae, Poxviridae, Reoviridae, Rhabdoviridae and Togaviridae families, with plans to support additional virus families in the future. ViPR captures various types of information, including sequence records, gene and protein annotations, 3D protein structures, immune epitope locations, clinical and surveillance metadata and novel data derived from comparative genomics analysis. Analytical and visualization tools for metadata-driven statistical sequence analysis, multiple sequence alignment, phylogenetic tree construction, BLAST comparison and sequence variation determination are also provided. Data filtering and analysis workflows can be combined and the results saved in personal 'Workbenches' for future use. ViPR tools and data are available without charge as a service to the virology research community to help facilitate the development of diagnostics, prophylactics and therapeutics for priority pathogens and other viruses.
authors: Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.
authors: Brett E
authors: BE
authors: Pickett
authors: Eva L
authors: EL
authors: Sadat
authors: Yun
authors: Y
authors: Zhang
authors: Jyothi M
authors: JM
authors: Noronha
authors: R Burke
authors: RB
authors: Squires
authors: Victoria
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authors: Hunt
authors: Mengya
authors: M
authors: Liu
authors: Sanjeev
authors: S
authors: Kumar
authors: Sam
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authors: Zaremba
authors: Zhiping
authors: Z
authors: Gu
authors: Liwei
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authors: Zhou
authors: Christopher N
authors: CN
authors: Larson
authors: Jonathan
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authors: Dietrich
authors: Edward B
authors: EB
authors: Klem
authors: Richard H
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authors: Scheuermann
mesh_terms: D019295:Computational Biology; D030541:Databases, Genetic; D005814:Genes, Viral; D010802:Phylogeny; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017421:Sequence Analysis; D012984:Software; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D014780:Viruses / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D014764:Viral Proteins