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Biotite: a unifying open source computational biology framework in Python.

Kunzmann, Patrick ; Hamacher, Kay (2018)
Biotite: a unifying open source computational biology framework in Python.
In: BMC bioinformatics, 19 (1)
Artikel, Bibliographie

Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)

BACKGROUND

As molecular biology is creating an increasing amount of sequence and structure data, the multitude of software to analyze this data is also rising. Most of the programs are made for a specific task, hence the user often needs to combine multiple programs in order to reach a goal. This can make the data processing unhandy, inflexible and even inefficient due to an overhead of read/write operations. Therefore, it is crucial to have a comprehensive, accessible and efficient computational biology framework in a scripting language to overcome these limitations.

RESULTS

We have developed the Python package Biotite: a general computational biology framework, that represents sequence and structure data based on NumPyndarrays. Furthermore the package contains seamless interfaces to biological databases and external software. The source code is freely accessible at https://github.com/biotite-dev/biotite .

CONCLUSIONS

Biotite is unifying in two ways: At first it bundles popular tasks in sequence analysis and structural bioinformatics in a consistently structured package. Secondly it adresses two groups of users: novice programmers get an easy access to Biotite due to its simplicity and the comprehensive documentation. On the other hand, advanced users can profit from its high performance and extensibility. They can implement their algorithms upon Biotite, so they can skip writing code for general functionality (like file parsers) and can focus on what their software makes unique.

Typ des Eintrags: Artikel
Erschienen: 2018
Autor(en): Kunzmann, Patrick ; Hamacher, Kay
Art des Eintrags: Bibliographie
Titel: Biotite: a unifying open source computational biology framework in Python.
Sprache: Englisch
Publikationsjahr: 1 Oktober 2018
Titel der Zeitschrift, Zeitung oder Schriftenreihe: BMC bioinformatics
Jahrgang/Volume einer Zeitschrift: 19
(Heft-)Nummer: 1
Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract):

BACKGROUND

As molecular biology is creating an increasing amount of sequence and structure data, the multitude of software to analyze this data is also rising. Most of the programs are made for a specific task, hence the user often needs to combine multiple programs in order to reach a goal. This can make the data processing unhandy, inflexible and even inefficient due to an overhead of read/write operations. Therefore, it is crucial to have a comprehensive, accessible and efficient computational biology framework in a scripting language to overcome these limitations.

RESULTS

We have developed the Python package Biotite: a general computational biology framework, that represents sequence and structure data based on NumPyndarrays. Furthermore the package contains seamless interfaces to biological databases and external software. The source code is freely accessible at https://github.com/biotite-dev/biotite .

CONCLUSIONS

Biotite is unifying in two ways: At first it bundles popular tasks in sequence analysis and structural bioinformatics in a consistently structured package. Secondly it adresses two groups of users: novice programmers get an easy access to Biotite due to its simplicity and the comprehensive documentation. On the other hand, advanced users can profit from its high performance and extensibility. They can implement their algorithms upon Biotite, so they can skip writing code for general functionality (like file parsers) and can focus on what their software makes unique.

ID-Nummer: pmid:30285630
Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): 10 Fachbereich Biologie
10 Fachbereich Biologie > Computational Biology and Simulation
Hinterlegungsdatum: 09 Okt 2018 08:22
Letzte Änderung: 09 Okt 2018 08:22
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