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http://bioinformatics.clemson.edu/G-SESAME/

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on September 2,2025. G-SESAME contains a set of tools. They include: tools for measuring the semantic similarity of GO terms; tools for measuring the functional similarity of genes; and tools for clustering genes based on their GO term annotation information. Platform: Online tool, THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on September 16,2025.

Proper citation: G-SESAME - Gene Semantic Similarity Analysis and Measurement Tools (RRID:SCR_005816) Copy   

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http://tomcat.esat.kuleuven.be/txtgate/

TXTGate is a literature index database and is part of an experimental platform to evaluate (combinations of) information extraction and indexing from a variety of biological annotation databases. It is designed towards the summarization and analysis of groups of genes based on text. By means of tailored vocabularies, selected textual fields and MedLine abstracts of LocusLink and SGD are indexed. Subclustering and links to external resources allow for an in-depth analysis of the resulting term profiles. You need to be registered in order to use the TXTGate application. Platform: Online tool

Proper citation: TXTGate (RRID:SCR_005812) Copy   

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http://web.cbio.uct.ac.za/ITGOM/

The Integrated Tool for IC-based GO Semantic Similarity Measures (IT-GOM) integrates the currently known GO semantic similarity measures into a single tool. It provides the information content (IC) of GO terms, semantic similarity between GO terms and GO-based protein functional similarity scores. The specificity of GO terms and the similarity of biological content between GO terms or proteins are transformed into numeric values for protein analyses at the functional level. The integration of the different measures enables users to choose the measure best suited to their application and to compare results between different semantic similarity measures. Platform: Online tool

Proper citation: IT-GOM: Integrated Tool for IC-based GO Semantic Similarity Measures (RRID:SCR_005815) Copy   

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http://agbase.msstate.edu/cgi-bin/tools/goretriever_select.pl

GORetriever is used to find all of the GO annotations corresponding to a list of user-supplied protein identifiers. GORetriever produces a list of proteins and their annotations and a separate list of entries with no GO annotation. Platform: Online tool

Proper citation: GORetriever (RRID:SCR_005633) Copy   

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http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/education/medical-school/departments/pathology/pathdb/classifi.html

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented on July 10, 2012. Cluster Assignment for Biological Inference (CLASSIFI) is a data-mining tool that can be used to identify significant co-clustering of genes with similar functional properties (e.g. cellular response to DNA damage). Briefly, CLASSIFI uses the Gene Ontology gene annotation scheme to define the functional properties of all genes/probes in a microarray data set, and then applies a cumulative hypergeometric distribution analysis to determine if any statistically significant gene ontology co-clustering has occurred. Platform: Online tool

Proper citation: CLASSIFI - Cluster Assignment for Biological Inference (RRID:SCR_005752) Copy   

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http://biit.cs.ut.ee/graphweb/

GraphWeb allows the detection of modules from biological, heterogeneous and multi-species networks, and the interpretation of detected modules using Gene Ontology, cis-regulatory motifs and biological pathways. GraphWeb is a public web server for graph-based analysis of biological networks that: * analyses directed and undirected, weighted and unweighted heterogeneous networks of genes, proteins and microarray probesets for many eukaryotic genomes; * integrates multiple diverse datasets into global networks; * incorporates multispecies data using gene orthology mapping; * filters nodes and edges based on dataset support, edge weight and node annotation; * detects gene modules from networks using a collection of algorithms; * interprets discovered modules using Gene Ontology, pathways, and cis-regulatory motifs. Platform: Online tool

Proper citation: GraphWeb (RRID:SCR_005746) Copy   

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http://www.lasige.di.fc.ul.pt/webtools/proteinon/

ProteInOn calculates semantic similarity between GO terms or proteins annotated with GO terms. It also calculates term enrichment of protein sets, by applying a term representativity score, and gives additional information on protein interactions. The query compute protein semantic similarity returns the semantic similarity scores between all proteins entered, in matrix format. The option Measure allows users to choose one of several semantic similarity measures: Resnik, Lin, or Jiang & Conrath's measures with or without the DCA approach, plus the graph-based simUI and simGIC measures. These measures are listed by order of performance as evaluated with protein sequence similarity. The option GO type allows users to choose one of the aspects of GO: molecular function, biological process and cellular component. The option Ignore IEA limits the query to non-electronic annotations, excluding evidence types: IEA, NAS, ND, NR.

Proper citation: ProteInOn (RRID:SCR_005740) Copy   

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http://www.animalgenome.org/bioinfo/tools/catego/

CateGOrizer takes batch input of GO term IDs in a list format or unformatted plain text file, allows users to choose one of the available classifications such as GO_slim, GOA, EGAD, MGI_GO_slim, GO-ROOT, or a self-defined classification list, find its parental branch and performs an accumulative classification count, and returns the results in a sorted table of counts, percentages, and a pie chart (if it takes longer than standard time out period, it will email the user with a URL link to the results). This tool is comprised with a set of perl CGI programs coupled with a MySQL DBMS that stores the GO terms DAG data. Platform: Online tool

Proper citation: CateGOrizer (RRID:SCR_005737) Copy   

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http://www.berkeleybop.org/goose/

A web utility providing a direct interface to perform SQL queries directly on the GO database, allowing users to run custom queries without having to install a copy of the GO database locally. GOOSE includes many sample queries to aid novice users and allows results to be retrieved as a web page or as tab-delimited text. Platform: Online tool, Windows compatible, Mac OS X compatible, Linux compatible, Unix compatible

Proper citation: GO Online SQL Environment (GOOSE) (RRID:SCR_006174) Copy   

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http://probeexplorer.cicancer.org/principal.php

Probe Explorer is an open access web-based bioinformatics application designed to show the association between microarray oligonucleotide probes and transcripts in the genomic context, but flexible enough to serve as a simplified genome and transcriptome browser. Coordinates and sequences of the genomic entities (loci, exons, transcripts), including vector graphics outputs, are provided for fifteen metazoa organisms and two yeasts. Alignment tools are used to built the associations between Affymetrix microarrays probe sequences and the transcriptomes (for human, mouse, rat and yeasts). Search by keywords is available and user searches and alignments on the genomes can also be done using any DNA or protein sequence query. Platform: Online tool

Proper citation: ProbeExplorer (RRID:SCR_007116) Copy   

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http://crcview.hegroup.org/

Web-based microarray data analysis and visualization system powered by CRC, or Chinese Restaurant cluster, a Dirichlet process model-based clustering algorithm recently developed by Dr. Steve Qin. It also incorporates several gene expression analysis programs from Bioconductor, including GOStats, genefilter, and Heatplus. CRCView also installs from the Bioconductor system 78 annotation libraries of microarray chips for human (31), mouse (24), rat (14), zebrafish (1), chicken (1), Drosophila (3), Arabidopsis (2), Caenorhabditis elegans (1), and Xenopus Laevis (1). CRCView allows flexible input data format, automated model-based CRC clustering analysis, rich graphical illustration, and integrated Gene Ontology (GO)-based gene enrichment for efficient annotation and interpretation of clustering results. CRC has the following features comparing to other clustering tools: 1) able to infer number of clusters, 2) able to cluster genes displaying time-shifted and/or inverted correlations, 3) able to tolerate missing genotype data and 4) provide confidence measure for clusters generated. You need to register for an account in the system to store your data and analyses. The data and results can be visited again anytime you log in.

Proper citation: CRCView (RRID:SCR_007092) Copy   

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http://funspec.med.utoronto.ca/

FunSpec is a web-based tool for statistical evaluation of groups of genes and proteins (e.g. co-regulated genes, protein complexes, genetic interactors) with respect to existing annotations, including GO terms. FunSpec (an acronym for Functional Specification) inputs a list of yeast gene names, and outputs a summary of functional classes, cellular localizations, protein complexes, etc. that are enriched in the list. The classes and categories evaluated were downloaded from the MIPS Database and the GO Database . In addition, many published datasets have been compiled to evaluate enrichment against. Hypertext links to the publications are given. The p-values, calculated using the hypergeometric distribution, represent the probability that the intersection of given list with any given functional category occurs by chance. The Bonferroni-correction divides the p-value threshold, that would be deemed significant for an individual test, by the number of tests conducted and thus accounts for spurious significance due to multiple testing over the categories of a database. After the Bonferroni correction, only those categories are displayed for which the chance probability of enrichment is lower than: p-value/#CD where #CD is the number of categories in the selected database. Without the Bonferroni Correction, all categories are displayed for which the same probability of enrichment is lower than: p-value threshold in an individual test Note that many genes are contained in many categories, especially in the MIPS database (which are hierarchical) and that this can create biases for which FunSpec currently makes no compensation. Also the databases are treated as independent from one another, which is really not the case, and each is searched seperately, which may not be optimal for statistical calculations. Nonetheless, we find it useful for sifting through the results of clustering analysis, TAP pulldowns, etc. Platform: Online tool

Proper citation: FunSpec (RRID:SCR_006952) Copy   

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http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~jernst/stem/

The Short Time-series Expression Miner (STEM) is a Java program for clustering, comparing, and visualizing short time series gene expression data from microarray experiments (~8 time points or fewer). STEM allows researchers to identify significant temporal expression profiles and the genes associated with these profiles and to compare the behavior of these genes across multiple conditions. STEM is fully integrated with the Gene Ontology (GO) database supporting GO category gene enrichment analyses for sets of genes having the same temporal expression pattern. STEM also supports the ability to easily determine and visualize the behavior of genes belonging to a given GO category or user defined gene set, identifying which temporal expression profiles were enriched for these genes. (Note: While STEM is designed primarily to analyze data from short time course experiments it can be used to analyze data from any small set of experiments which can naturally be ordered sequentially including dose response experiments.) Platform: Windows compatible, Mac OS X compatible, Linux compatible, Unix compatible

Proper citation: Short Time-series Expression Miner (STEM) (RRID:SCR_005016) Copy   

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http://www.bumc.bu.edu/cardiovascularproteomics/cpctools/strap/

Software program that automatically annotates a protein list with information that helps in the meaningful interpretation of data from mass spectrometry and other techniques. It takes protein lists as input, in the form of plain text files, protXML files (usually from the TPP), or Dat files from MASCOT search results. From this, it generates protein annotation tables, and a variety of GO charts to aid individual and differential analysis of proteomics data. It downloads information from mainly the Uniprot and EBI QuickGO databases. STRAP requires Windows XP or higher with at least version 3.5 of the Microsoft .NET Framework installed. Platform: Windows compatible

Proper citation: STRAP (RRID:SCR_005675) Copy   

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http://www.medinfopoli.polimi.it/GFINDer/

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented on August 16, 2019. Multi-database system providing large-scale lists of user-classified sequence identifiers with genome-scale biological information and functional profiles biologically characterizing the different gene classes in the list. GFINDer automatically retrieves updated annotations of several functional categories from different sources, identifies the categories enriched in each class of a user-classified gene list, and calculates statistical significance values for each category. Moreover, GFINDer enables to functionally classify genes according to mined functional categories and to statistically analyze the obtained classifications, aiding in better interpreting microarray experiment results.

Proper citation: GFINDer: Genome Function INtegrated Discoverer (RRID:SCR_008868) Copy   

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http://www.avadis-ngs.com

Software integrated platform that provides analysis, management and visualization tools for next-generation sequencing data. It supports workflows for RNA-Seq, DNA-Seq, ChIP-Seq and small RNA-Seq experiments. Avadis has a built-in Gene Ontology browser to view ontology hierarchies. There are common ontology paths for multiple genes. Platform has collection of data / text mining algorithms, data visualization libraries, workflow/application automation layers, and enterprise data organization functions. These functions are available as libraries that allow developers to rapidly build software prototypes, applications and off-the-shelf products. The collection of algorithms and visualizations in AVADIS grows as new applications using the platform are developed. Currently, the algorithms that AVADIS platform contains range from general purpose statistical mining and modelling algorithms, to text mining algorithms, to very application-specific algorithms for microarray / NGS data analysis, QSAR modelling and biological networks analysis. AVADIS has a collection of powerful mining algorithms like PCA, ANOVA, T-test, clustering, classification and regression methods. The range of visualizations includes most statistical and data modelling related graphing views, and very application-specific visualizations. Some of the statistical views include 2D/3D scatter plots, profile plots, heat maps, histograms and matrix plot; data modelling relevant views include dendrograms, cluster profiles, similarity images and SOM U-matrices. Application-specific views in AVADIS include pathway network views, genome browsers, chemical structure views and pipe-line views. Platform: Windows compatible, Mac OS X compatible, Linux compatible,

Proper citation: Avadis (RRID:SCR_000644) Copy   

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http://babelomics.bioinfo.cipf.es

An integrative platform for the analysis of transcriptomics, proteomics and genomic data with advanced functional profiling. Version 4 of Babelomics integrates primary (normalization, calls, etc.) and secondary (signatures, predictors, associations, TDTs, clustering, etc.) analysis tools within an environment that allows relating genomic data and/or interpreting them by means of different functional enrichment or gene set methods. Such interpretation is made not only using functional definitions (GO, KEGG, Biocarta, etc.) but also regulatory information (from Transfac, Jaspar, etc.) and other levels of regulation such as miRNA-mediated interference, protein-protein interactions, text-mining module definitions and the possibility of producing de novo annotations through the Blast2GO system . Babelomics has been extensively re-engineered and now it includes the use of web services and Web 2.0 technology features, a new user interface with persistent sessions and a new extended database of gene identifiers. In this release GEPAS and Babelomics have integrated into a unique web application with many new features and improvements: * Data input: import and quality control for the most common microarray formats * Normalization and base calling: for the most common expression, tiling and SNP microarrays (Affymetrix and Agilent). * Transcriptomics: diverse analysis options that include well established as well as novel algorithms for normalization, gene selection, class prediction, clustering and time-series analysis. * Genotyping: stratification analysis, association, TDT. * Functional profiling: functional enrichment and gene set enrichment analysis with functional terms (GO, KEGG, Biocarta, etc.), regulatory (Transfac, Jaspar, miRNAs, etc.), text-mining, derived bioentities, protein-protein interaction analysis. * Integrative analysis: Different variables can be related to each other (e.g. gene expression to gnomic copy number) and the results subjected to functional analysis. Platform: Online tool

Proper citation: Babelomics (RRID:SCR_002969) Copy   

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http://david.abcc.ncifcrf.gov/content.jsp?file=/ease/ease1.htm&type=1

Windows(c) desktop software application, customizable and standalone, that facilitates the biological interpretation of gene lists derived from the results of microarray, proteomic, and SAGE experiments. Provides statistical methods for discovering enriched biological themes within gene lists, generates gene annotation tables, and enables automated linking to online analysis tools. Offers statistical models to deal with multi-test comparison problem. Platform: Windows compatible

Proper citation: EASE: the Expression Analysis Systematic Explorer (RRID:SCR_013361) Copy   

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http://isaac.bioapps.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/isaac/modules/genome/species.xhtml

Web based tool to enable the analysis of sets of genes, transcripts and proteins under different biological viewpoints and to interactively modify these sets at any point of the analysis. Detailed history and snapshot information allows tracing each action. One can switch back to previous states and perform new analyses. Sets can be viewed in the context of genomes, protein functions, protein interactions, pathways, regulation, diseases and drugs. Additionally, users can switch between species with an automatic, orthology based translation of existing gene sets. Sets as well as results of analyses can be exchanged between members of groups.

Proper citation: InterSpecies Analysing Application using Containers (RRID:SCR_006243) Copy   

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http://bioinformatics.ubc.ca/ermineJ/

Data analysis software for gene sets in expression microarray data or other genome-wide data that results in rankings of genes. A typical goal is to determine whether particular biological pathways are doing something interesting in the data. The software is designed to be used by biologists with little or no informatics background. A command-line interface is available for users who wish to script the use of ermineJ. Major features include: * Implementation of multiple methods for gene set analysis: ** Over-representation analysis ** A resampling-based method that uses gene scores ** A rank-based method that uses gene scores ** A resampling-based method that uses correlation between gene expression profiles (a type of cluster-enrichment analysis). * Gene sets receive statistical scores (p-values), and multiple test correction is supported. * Support of the Gene Ontology terminology; users can choose which aspects to analyze. * User files use simple text formats. * Users can modify gene sets or create new ones. * The results can be visualized within the software. * It is simple to compare multiple analyses of the same data set with different settings. * User-definable hyperlinks are provided to external sites to allow more efficient browsing of the results. * For programmers, there is a command line interface as well as a simple application programming interface that can be used to plug ermineJ functionality into your own code Platform: Online tool, Windows compatible, Mac OS X compatible, Linux compatible, Unix compatible

Proper citation: ErmineJ (RRID:SCR_006450) Copy   

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