Apollo is a collaborative, real-time, genome annotation editor.
The stack is a Java web application / database backend and a JavaScript client that runs in a web browser as a JBrowse plugin.
Apollo is designed to support geographically dispersed researchers, and the work of a distributed community is coordinated through automatic synchronization: all edits in one client are instantly pushed to all other clients, allowing users to see annotation updates from collaborators in real-time during the editing process. There are no installation requirements for Annotators.
Key Features
- Apollo is a plug-in for the JBrowse Genome Viewer.
- In addition to genes and pseudogenes, users can annotate ncRNAs (snRNA, snoRNA, tRNA, rRNA), miRNAs, repeat regions, and transposable elements; each annotation type has its own configuration of the ‘Information Editor’.
- History tracking with undo/redo functions is available.
- Users are able to directly set an annotation to a specific state, choosing from the ‘History’ display.
- Adding and updating PubMed IDs will prompt users with a publication title to confirm their submission.
- Gene Ontology (GO) terms are supported and GO ID auto-completion has been incorporated.
- Users may access a ‘Recent Changes’ page.
- Help page with Apollo specific content is available.
Website: genomearchitect.readthedocs.io
Support: Documentation, GitHub Code Repository
Developer: Generic Model Organism Database Project
License: 2-clause BSD License
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|---|---|
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| IGB | Integrated Genome Browser |
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| UGENE | Set of integrated bioinformatics software |
| Artemis | Genome viewer and annotation tool |
| Apollo | Instantaneous, collaborative genomic annotation editor |
| SeqMonk | Visualise and analyse high throughput mapped sequence data |
| GW | Fast browser for genomic sequencing data |
| CutePeaks | Cross platform Sanger Trace file viewer |
| ASCIIGenome | Text only genome browser |
| Genome Workbench | Integrated tools for studying and analyzing genetic data |
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