PileLineGUI: a desktop environment for handling genome position files in next-generation sequencing studies

Nucleic Acids Res. 2011 Jul;39(Web Server issue):W562-6. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkr439. Epub 2011 Jun 6.

Abstract

Next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies are making sequence data available on an unprecedented scale. In this context, new catalogs of Single Nucleotide Polymorphism and mutations generated by resequencing studies are usually stored in genome position files (e.g. Variant Call Format, SAMTools pileup, BED, GFF) comprising of large lists of genomic positions, which are difficult to handle by researchers. Here, we present PileLineGUI, a novel desktop application primarily designed for manipulating, browsing and analysing genome position files (GPF), with specific support to somatic mutation finding studies. The developed tool also integrates a new genome browser module specially designed for inspecting GPFs. PileLineGUI is free, multiplatform and designed to be intuitively used by biomedical researchers. PileLineGUI is available at: http://sing.ei.uvigo.es/pileline/pilelinegui.html.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Genome*
  • High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing*
  • Mutation
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA*
  • Software*