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VIRCLUST

Description

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VirClust is a tool for protein-based virus clustering.

Environment Modules

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

Environment Variables

  • HPC_VIRCLUST_DIR - installation directory
  • HPC_VIRCLUST_BIN - executable directory
  • HPC_VIRCLUST_BLASTDB - blast db directory
  • HPC_VIRCLUST_IPRSCANDB - InterProScan directory and database
  • HPC_VIRCLUST_DB - virclust db directory for Efam, Efam-XC, PHROGS, pVOGSs, and VOGDB databases

Additional Usage Information

To run Virclust, use the following command: Rscript $HPC_VIRCLUST_BIN/VirClust_MASTER.R sing=conda condaenvpath=$HPC_VIRCLUST_DIR [...options]

interproscan=$HPC_VIRCLUST_IPRSCANDB #when annotating against InterProScan db

blastdb=$HPC_VIRCLUST_BLASTDB #when annotating against NR blast db

databases=$HPC_VIRCLUST_DB #when annotating against other db

Citation

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

Moraru, C. (2023) VirClus - A Tool for Hierarchical Clustering, Core Protein Detection and Annotation of (Prokaryotic) Viruses, Viruses 15(4), pp 1007, doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/v15041007

Categories

biology, annotation