Significance Tester for the Accumulation of Reads

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1. Resource Description

   STAR was developed to identify regions enriched for a histone modification based on ChIP-Seq evidence, by identifying regions with a significant accumulation of reads.

2. Additional Name

   STAR

3. Contact

   Grant, Gregory R., Ph.D.

4. Used by

   Computational Biology and Informatics Laboratory

5. Operating System

   Unix

6. Data Input

   Sequence reads from immunoprecipitated sample

7. Data Input

   Sequence reads from non-immunoprecipitated sample (optional input)

8. Data Input

   Regions of control bias (optional)

9. Data Output

   Significant locations, collapsed into spans

10. Data Output

    Max count at any location

11. Software purpose

    DNA modification site prediction objective

12. Website(s)

    http://www.cbil.upenn.edu/STAR/

13. Related Technique

    ChIP-seq assay

14. Developed by

    Stoeckert, Christian J., Jr., Ph.D.

15. Developed by

    Grant, Gregory R., Ph.D.

16. Developed by

    Manduchi, Elisabetta, Ph.D.

17. Developed by

    Lazar, Mitchell A., M.D., Ph.D.

18. Developed by

    Steger, David, Ph.D.

19. Developed by

    Mullican, Shannon, Ph.D.

20. Developed by

    Lefterova, Martina, M.D., Ph.D.

21. Software license

    Open source software license

22. Coded in

    Java