PatScan is a pattern matcher which searches protein or nucleotide
(DNA, RNA, tRNA etc.) sequence
archives for instances of a pattern which you input.
For latest versions of Pattern Matching tool at NMPDR please visit
ProtSearch or DNASearch in NMPDR tools
If this is your first visit, we urge you to first read Searching Protein Sequences or Searching Nucleotide Sequences. Later you may be ready for the more precise statement of the rules. Finally, you may need some help interpreting PatScan results.
NOTE: PatScan takes patterns as input - NOT sequences
Many first-time users have a request of the form "Here is my sequence,
I would like PatScan to tell me if any interesting patterns occur
in it". PatScan cannot do this. You supply the pattern,
which tells PatScan what to look for.
| SEARCH FOR A PATTERN |
Download a copy of the Pattern Matcher. Create a local web version of PatScan.
If you would like to cite PatScan please use the following reference:
Dsouza M, Larsen N, Overbeek R.
Searching for patterns in genomic data.
Trends Genet. 1997 Dec;13(12):497-8.
Please send suggestions or comments to arodri7@mcs.anl.gov