An Interactive Tool for Extracting Exons and Snp from Genomic Sequence: Isolation of Hcn1 and Hcn3 Ion Channel Genes

Genome Analyzer (GenoA) with a relational database back-end, was developed to extract information from mammalian genomic sequences. This data mining and visualization tool-set enables laboratory bench scientists to identify and assemble virtual cDNA from genomic exon sequences, and provides a starting point to identify potential alternative splice variants and polymorphisms in silico. The study described in this paper demonstrates the use of GenoA to study human brain hyperpolarization-activated cation channel genes HCN1 and HCN3.

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