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EMBOSS

The European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite or EMBOSS is a free open source software analysis package specifically developed for the needs of the molecular biology user community. It consists of a plethora of tools and its full documentation is beyond the scope of this document. Below we provide a rough outline of functional areas. Please see the official documentation for more information.

Task TypeDescription
AcdUtilities for processing acd files
AlignmentUtilities for handling multiple types of alignments
DataUtilities for data resources and retrieval
DisplayPublication quality display
NucleicUtilities for manipulating and analyzing nucleic data
OntologyUtilities for ontological analysis
PhylogenyUtilities for phylogenetic analysis
ProteinUtilities for protein analysis
MiscRandom other utilities

Parallel Capabilities: Varies by tool see documentation.