🦠 Visualize complete bacteriophage genomes with 40+ analysis tools. Free and offline.
Phage Explorer is an open source bioinformatics web tool for visualizing and analyzing bacteriophage genomes — the viruses that infect bacteria.
What can it do?
- 🧬 DNA/amino acid sequences: color-coded visualization
- 🔬 3D structures: three-dimensional models of phage proteins
- 📊 40+ analysis tools: base composition, reading frames, gene prediction
- 💻 Works offline: no server required, everything in the browser (WebAssembly)
Bacteriophages are fascinating organisms: they are the most abundant organisms on Earth and have enormous potential for phage therapy (an alternative to antibiotics).
💡 Explanation in a nutshell#
Bacteriophages are viruses that attack bacteria, not humans. They’re important in medicine because they could replace antibiotics when bacteria become resistant. To study them, scientists analyze their DNA. Phage Explorer converts that sequence of letters (A, T, G, C) into colorful, interactive visualizations that help understand how the virus genome is organized.
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