StoatyDive: Evaluation and classification of peak profiles for sequencing data

The prediction of binding sites (peak-calling) is a common task in the data analysis of methods such as cross-linking immunoprecipitation in combination with high-throughput sequencing (CLIP-Seq). The predicted binding sites are often further analyzed to predict sequence motifs or structure patterns. When looking at a typical result of such high-throughput experiments, the obtained peak profiles differ largely on a genomic level. Thus, a tool is missing that evaluates and classifies the predicted peaks on the basis of their shapes. We hereby present StoatyDive, a tool that can be used to filter for specific peak profile shapes of sequencing data such as CLIP.