title: Active motif finder - a bio-tool based on mutational structures in DNA sequences.
abstract: Active Motif Finder (AMF) is a novel algorithmic tool, designed based on mutations in DNA sequences. Tools available at present for finding motifs are based on matching a given motif in the query sequence. AMF describes a new algorithm that identifies the occurrences of patterns which possess all kinds of mutations like insertion, deletion and mismatch. The algorithm is mainly based on the Alignment Score Matrix (ASM) computation by comparing input motif with full length sequence. Much of the effort in bioinformatics is directed to identify these motifs in the sequences of newly discovered genes. The proposed bio-tool serves as an open resource for analysis and useful for studying polymorphisms in DNA sequences. AMF can be searched via a user-friendly interface. This tool is intended to serve the scientific community working in the areas of chemical and structural biology, and is freely available to all users, at http://www.sastra.edu/scbt/amf/.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioinformatics;
authors.forename: Mani
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Udayakumar
authors.forename: Palaniyandi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Shanmuga-Priya
authors.forename: Kamalakannan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hemavathi
authors.forename: Rengasamy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Seenivasagam
keywords: DNA sequences.; alignment score matrix; back track; indels; mutations; pattern occurrence
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