CAIcal: A combined set of tools to assess codon usage adaptation
2008
CAIcal: A Tool for Assessing Codon Usage Adaptation
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Evidence: moderate
Author Information
Author(s): Puigbò Pere, Bravo Ignacio G, García-Vallve Santiago
Primary Institution: Rovira i Virgili University
Conclusion
The CAIcal server provides a complete set of tools to assess codon usage adaptation and to help in genome annotation.
Supporting Evidence
- The CAIcal server integrates several existing tools and new features for codon usage analysis.
- It allows users to calculate CAI values and visualize them along sequences.
- The server can compare codon usage between different organisms.
Takeaway
CAIcal is a web tool that helps scientists understand how well genes use codons, which are the building blocks of DNA, to make proteins.
Methodology
The CAIcal web-server calculates the Codon Adaptation Index (CAI) for DNA or RNA sequences using various reference sets and provides graphical representations.
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