title: APPRIS WebServer and WebServices.
abstract: This paper introduces the APPRIS WebServer (http://appris.bioinfo.cnio.es) and WebServices (http://apprisws.bioinfo.cnio.es). Both the web servers and the web services are based around the APPRIS Database, a database that presently houses annotations of splice isoforms for five different vertebrate genomes. The APPRIS WebServer and WebServices provide access to the computational methods implemented in the APPRIS Database, while the APPRIS WebServices also allows retrieval of the annotations. The APPRIS WebServer and WebServices annotate splice isoforms with protein structural and functional features, and with data from cross-species alignments. In addition they can use the annotations of structure, function and conservation to select a single reference isoform for each protein-coding gene (the principal protein isoform). APPRIS principal isoforms have been shown to agree overwhelmingly with the main protein isoform detected in proteomics experiments. The APPRIS WebServer allows for the annotation of splice isoforms for individual genes, and provides a range of visual representations and tools to allow researchers to identify the likely effect of splicing events. The APPRIS WebServices permit users to generate annotations automatically in high throughput mode and to interrogate the annotations in the APPRIS Database. The APPRIS WebServices have been implemented using REST architecture to be flexible, modular and automatic.
authors.affiliation: Spanish National Bioinformatics Institute (INB), Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), Madrid 28029, Spain jmrodriguez@cnio.es.
authors.forename: Jose Manuel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Rodriguez
authors.affiliation: Bioinformatics Unit, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), Madrid 28029, Spain.
authors.forename: Angel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carro
authors.affiliation: Spanish National Bioinformatics Institute (INB), Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), Madrid 28029, Spain Structural Biology and Biocomputing Programme, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), Madrid 28029, Spain.
authors.forename: Alfonso
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Valencia
authors.affiliation: Structural Biology and Biocomputing Programme, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), Madrid 28029, Spain mtress@cnio.es.
authors.forename: Michael L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Tress
mesh_terms: D017398:Alternative Splicing; D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D002417:Cattle; D004285:Dogs; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D051379:Mice; D058977:Molecular Sequence Annotation; D020033:Protein Isoforms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D012984:Software
chemical_list: D020033:Protein Isoforms