ANTHEPROT: An integrated protein sequence analysis software with client/server capabilities

Programs devoted to the analysis of protein sequences exist either as stand -alone programs or as Web servers. However, stand-alone programs can hardly accommodate for the analysis that involves comparisons on databanks, which require regular updates. Moreover, Web servers cannot be as efficient as s tand-alone programs when dealing with real-time graphic display. We describ e here a stand-atone software program called ANTHEPROT, which is intended t o perform protein sequence analysis with a high integration level and clien ts/server capabilities. It is an interactive program with a graphical user interface that allows handling of protein sequence and data in a very inter active and convenient manner. It provides many methods and tools, which are integrated into a graphical user interface. ANTHEPROT is available for Win dows-based systems. It is able to connect to a Web server in order to perfo rm large-scale sequence comparison on up-to-date databanks. ANTHEPROT is fr eely available to academic users and may be download at http://pbil.ibcp.fr /ANTHEPROT. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.