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prottest3

Description

prottest3 website

ProtTest is a bioinformatic tool for the selection of best-fit models of aminoacid replacement for the data at hand.

Environment Modules

Run module spider prottest3 to find out what environment modules are available for this application.

Environment Variables

  • HPC_PROTTEST3_DIR - installation directory
  • HPC_PROTTEST3_BIN - executable directory

Additional Usage Information

This is a GUI software. Please visit our GUI Programs Help Page for more detailed documentation.

Citation

If you publish research that uses prottest3 you have to cite it as follows:

Darriba, D., Taboada, G. L., Doallo, R., & Posada, D. (2011). ProtTest 3: fast selection of best-fit models of protein evolution. Bioinformatics, 27(8), 1164-1165. https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btr088

In addition, given that ProtTest uses Phyml intensively, we encourage users to cite this program as well when using ProtTest:

Guindon, S., & Gascuel, O. (2003). A simple, fast, and accurate algorithm to estimate large phylogenies by maximum likelihood. Systematic Biology, 52(5), 696-704. https://doi.org/10.1080/10635150390235520

Categories

biology