Table 2.
Comparison of Different Software Tools for Gene Cluster Homology Searches.
Software | Web Tool | Stand- Alone Tool | Not Restricted to Precomputed Data | Can Search Entire GenBank Database | Based on Multiple Gene Queries | Allows Input of Personal Sequence Data | Allows Creation of Custom Databases | Architecture Search Mode | Command- Line Available | Open Source |
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MultiGeneBlast | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
IMG | X | |||||||||
EDGAR | X | |||||||||
Absynte | X | X | ||||||||
PSAT | X | X | ||||||||
CCGV | X | X | X | X | X | |||||
SynBlast | X | X | X | X |