BACA
A mitochondrial genome retriever, organizer and visualizer
Retrieving and organizing data from complete genomes is a time consuming
and tedious task. Furthermore, when comparing complete genomes, data
retrieval and organization has to be repeated multiple times. BACA is a
retriever, organizer and visualizer software for multiple
mitochondrial genomes. BACA takes a normal GenBank query, retrieves all
related genomes and generates multiple FASTA files organized both by genomes
and genes. An easy to use web-based user interface and an interactive
graphical map of all genomes with all genes are also provided.
Requirements
Client-side
You only need a browser. A more interactive experience will be possible if
your browser supports SVG (e.g., recent versions of Firefox or Opera).
If your browser doesn't support SVG then you will still have full
functionality, but less interaction/visualization options.
Server-side
If you want to run the software yourself (and only in that case)...
On the server it is required:
We are aware that installing on the server-side can be a complex task
for some users. Feel free to contact us if necessary.
Documentation
Examples of usage
Due to ongoing changes in our servers we cannot have BACA available in
our web servers for
general public use now (but your are free to download the code and install
it - if any help is needed, we will gladly help).
A few examples of execution are available (you will
need a browser that is SVG capable, see below):
Please note that the SVG map might take some time to load, especially on Amphibians
and Placentals.
Screenshots
If you don't want to use the system or don't have a SVG plugin, then
screenshots are available.
Tutorial
A tutorial is available.
Instalation and administration
The instalation manual (for the server-side part) is available
here.
Download
The latest version can be found here.
The source is licensed as BSD (a free software license).
Code Development
BACA code is hosted on Google Code, please see our page there.
If you have any question or comment, please don't hesitate to
contact us.
