pFind: a novel database-searching software system for automated peptide and protein identification via tandem mass spectrometry
Author(s) -
Dongxiang Li,
Yan Fu,
Ren Sun,
Charles X. Ling,
Yanjie Wei,
Hui Zhou,
Rong Zeng,
Qiang Yang,
SiMin He,
Wen Gao
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
bioinformatics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.599
H-Index - 390
eISSN - 1367-4811
pISSN - 1367-4803
DOI - 10.1093/bioinformatics/bti439
Subject(s) - computer science , usability , software , xml , database , tandem mass spectrometry , proteomics , identification (biology) , database search engine , tandem mass tag , data mining , mass spectrometry , information retrieval , quantitative proteomics , programming language , operating system , chemistry , search engine , chromatography , biology , biochemistry , botany , gene
Research in proteomics requires powerful database-searching software to automatically identify protein sequences in a complex protein mixture via tandem mass spectrometry. In this paper, we describe a novel database-searching software system called pFind (peptide/protein Finder), which employs an effective peptide-scoring algorithm that we reported earlier. The pFind server is implemented with the C++ STL, .Net and XML technologies. As a result, high speed and good usability of the software are achieved.
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