Tag: Encoding

SCALCE 2.8 – Sequence Compression Algorithms using Locally Consistent Encoding

SCALCE 2.8

:: DESCRIPTION

SCALCE is a tool for compressing FASTQ files.

::DEVELOPER

Lab for Computational Biology at SFU

:: SCREENSHOTS

N/A

:: REQUIREMENTS

  • Linux
  • C++ Compiler

:: DOWNLOAD

  SCALCE

:: MORE INFORMATION

Citation

Bioinformatics. 2012 Dec 1;28(23):3051-7. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/bts593. Epub 2012 Oct 9.
SCALCE: boosting sequence compression algorithms using locally consistent encoding.
Hach F1, Numanagic I, Alkan C, Sahinalp SC.

Interpol 1.3.1 – Numerical Encoding and Interpolation of Amino Acid Sequences

Interpol 1.3.1

:: DESCRIPTION

The software “Interpol” encodes amino acid sequences as numerical descriptor vectors using a database of currently 532 descriptors (mainly from AAindex), and normalizes sequences to uniform length with one of five linear or non-linear interpolation algorithms.

::DEVELOPER

Heider Lab

:: SCREENSHOTS

N/A

:: REQUIREMENTS

  • Windows / Linux / Mac OsX
  • R

:: DOWNLOAD

 Interpol

:: MORE INFORMATION

Citation

BioData Min. 2011 Jun 17;4:16. doi: 10.1186/1756-0381-4-16.
Interpol: An R package for preprocessing of protein sequences.
Heider D1, Hoffmann D.