MISA-web: a web server for microsatellite prediction

Bioinformatics. 2017 Aug 15;33(16):2583-2585. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btx198.

Abstract

Motivation: Microsatellites are a widely-used marker system in plant genetics and forensics. The development of reliable microsatellite markers from resequencing data is challenging.

Results: We extended MISA, a computational tool assisting the development of microsatellite markers, and reimplemented it as a web-based application. We improved compound microsatellite detection and added the possibility to display and export MISA results in GFF3 format for downstream analysis.

Availability and implementation: MISA-web can be accessed under http://misaweb.ipk-gatersleben.de/. The website provides tutorials, usage note as well as download links to the source code.

Contact: scholz@ipk-gatersleben.de.

MeSH terms

  • Genome, Plant*
  • Genomics / methods
  • Internet
  • Microsatellite Repeats*
  • Plants / genetics*
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA / methods*
  • Software*