GENOMEINSPECTOR - BASIC SOFTWARE TOOLS FOR ANALYSIS OF SPATIAL CORRELATIONS BETWEEN GENOMIC STRUCTURES WITHIN MEGABASE SEQUENCES

The speed of acquisition of genomic sequence data exceeds the evaluati on of function of the sequences by a vast margin. Most software availa ble for the prediction of individual features does not assess the corr elation of different motifs (level 1 methods). Here, we present a seco nd-level software package called GenomeInspector (GI) for further anal ysis of results obtained with level 1 methods. Our approach does not r equire any a priori knowledge about motif organization and was designe d as a modular package with a graphical user interface. Three examples for GI application are presented. (C) 1996 Academic Press, Inc.