STRING: Search for Tandem Repeats IN Genomes

 

The algorithm is described in the paper:

V. Parisi, V. De Fonzo, F. Aluffi-Pentini.

STRING: finding tandem repeats in DNA sequences.

Bioinformatics, Vol. 19 no. 14, 2003, Pages 1733-1738.
 
 

Supplementary material for the above paper:

figure1  from an autoalignment (phase 1) to an alignment (phase 2)
figure2  flow-chart of the algorithm

tables    results

 

Academic version of the algorithm

(it can be freely used, but please reference the above paper)
 

Sources downloads:

program STRING (version 1.1)
sample easy-to-use main

Example of use (mRNA for huntingtin):

input sequence
short output
long output
output table

Interactive use:

work in progress   

For any questions: 
 

Last updated: October 2003