BAC-browser: the Tool for Synthetic Biology

Overview

Journal BMC Bioinformatics

Publisher Biomed Central

Date 2025 Jan 24

PMID 39849360

Authors

Tatiana A Semashko

Gleb Y Fisunov

Georgiy Y Shevelev

Vadim M Govorun

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Abstract

Background: Currently, synthetic genomics is a rapidly developing field. Its main tasks, such as the design of synthetic sequences and the assembly of DNA sequences from synthetic oligonucleotides, require specialized software. In this article, we present a program with a graphical interface that allows non-bioinformatics to perform the tasks needed in synthetic genomics.

Results: We developed BAC-browser v.2.1. It helps to design nucleotide sequences and features the following tools: generate nucleotide sequence from amino acid sequences using a codon frequency table for a specific organism, as well as visualization of restriction sites, GC composition, GC skew and secondary structure. To assemble DNA sequences, a fragmentation tool was created: regular breakdown into oligonucleotides of a certain length and breakdown into oligonucleotides with thermodynamic alignment. We demonstrate the possibility of DNA fragments assemblies designed in different modes of BAC-browser.

Conclusions: The BAC-browser has a large number of tools for working in the field of systemic genomics and is freely available at the link with a direct link https://sysbiomed.ru/upload/BAC-browser-2.1.zip .

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