GeneSplicer: a new computational method for splice site prediction

GeneSplicer is a new, flexible system for detecting splice sites in the gen omic DNA of various eukaryotes, The system has been tested successfully usi ng DNA from two reference organisms: the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana a nd human. It was compared to six programs representing the leading splice s ite detectors for each of these species: NetPlantGene, NetGene2, HSPL, NNSp lice, GENIO and SpliceView. In each case GeneSplicer performed comparably t o the best alternative, in terms of both accuracy and computational efficie ncy.