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. 2009 Aug 1;25(15):1974-5.
doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btp250. Epub 2009 Apr 27.

VARNA: Interactive drawing and editing of the RNA secondary structure

Kévin Darty  1 , Alain Denise, Yann Ponty
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VARNA: Interactive drawing and editing of the RNA secondary structure

Kévin Darty et al. Bioinformatics. .

Abstract

Description: VARNA is a tool for the automated drawing, visualization and annotation of the secondary structure of RNA, designed as a companion software for web servers and databases.

Features: VARNA implements four drawing algorithms, supports input/output using the classic formats dbn, ct, bpseq and RNAML and exports the drawing as five picture formats, either pixel-based (JPEG, PNG) or vector-based (SVG, EPS and XFIG). It also allows manual modification and structural annotation of the resulting drawing using either an interactive point and click approach, within a web server or through command-line arguments.

Availability: VARNA is a free software, released under the terms of the GPLv3.0 license and available at http://varna.lri.fr.

Supplementary information: Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.

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Fig. 1.
Fig. 1.
Four representations (Radial, Circular, Linear and NAView) of the GAG-Pol -1 frameshift-inducing element in HIV-1 (PDBID:1ZC5) as rendered by VARNA under default settings.
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