About
Database
The Viral Minion Database is maintained by the Laboratory of Viral Genomics and Bioinformatics at the Institute of Biomedical Sciences at the University of São Paulo, Brazil.
The main goal of this repository is to provide a comprehensive and validated set of profile HMMs designed for specific taxonomic viral groups.
The profiles HMMs are can be used to:
- Detect specific viral taxa in genomic and metagenomic datasets;
- Detect novel viruses;
- Reconstruct specific viral sequences from unassambled data using the models as seed in progressive assembly;
- Detect multigenic viral elements (proviruses) in assembled host genomes.
Project coordinator:
- Arthur Gruber, D.V.M., Ph.D. - Associate Professor, University of São Paulo
- Phone: +55 11 3091-7274
- E-mail: argruber@usp.br
Research group:
- Liliane Santana Oliveira, Bachelor of Computer Science, MSc, PhD (e-mail: liliane.sntn@gmail.com)
- Wendel Hime de Lino Castro, Bachelor of Computer Science
How to cite the Viral MinionDB:
If you use the profile HMMs of this site, please cite:
- The Viral MinionDB - developed by Liliane S. Oliveira and Arthur Gruber and available at http://www.bioinfovir.icb.usp.br/minion_db/.
- Oliveira, L.S. and Gruber, A. (2021) Rational design of profile HMMs for viral classification and discovery. In Nakaya, H. (Ed.), Bioinformatics. Exon Publications, Brisbane, Australia, pp. 151-170.