SAMtools is a software package for high-throughput sequencing data analysis [1]. It consists of three separate packages: SAMtools, BCFtools, and HTSlib. We are going to install SAMtools only on Ubuntu. For the installation tutorial of BCFtools, click here. Keep Reading
We all are aware of the covid-19 pandemic since last year it spread worldwide. New information is being published regularly regarding SARS-CoV-2. Recently, a comparative study is published showing the structural and functional details of the interactions of SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoproteins and angiotensin enzyme -2 (ACE-2) receptor [1]. Keep Reading
Visualization of running alignments of reads and contigs facilitates easy analysis and is useful in presenting assembly results. Several tools such as Artemis, BLAST Web, Circos, and so on, exist. A new tool called Alvis is developed for easy alignment and visualization of contigs and reads [1]. It can also be used for chimera detection. Keep Reading
