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Pyviko: an automated Python tool to design gene knockouts in complex viruses with overlapping genes.

Louis J TaylorKlaus Strebel
Published in: BMC microbiology (2017)
Pyviko is an extensible and intuitive Python tool for designing knockouts of overlapping genes. Freely available as both a Python package and a web-based interface ( http://louiejtaylor.github.io/pyViKO/ ), Pyviko simplifies the experimental design of gene knockouts in complex viruses with overlapping genes.
Keyphrases
  • genome wide identification
  • genome wide
  • genome wide analysis
  • copy number
  • transcription factor
  • bioinformatics analysis
  • dna methylation
  • gene expression
  • genetic diversity