VISTA tools

VISTA is a comprehensive suite of programs and databases for comparative analysis of genomic sequences. There are two ways of using VISTA - you can submit your own sequences and alignments for analysis (VISTA servers) or examine pre-computed whole-genome alignments of different species.

Submit Your Sequences

mVISTA

mVISTA
Align and compare your sequences from multiple species
rVISTA
Locate regulatory sequences in your data using comparative sequence analysis and transcription factor binding site search.
GenomeVISTA
Compare your sequences against whole-genome assemblies.
wgVISTA
Align pair of sequences up to 10Mb long (finished or draft) including microbial whole-genome assemblies.

Precomputed Alignments

VISTA Browser

VISTA Browser
Examine pre-computed pairwise and multiple alignments of whole genome assemblies.
VISTA-Point
Access complete data and visual presentation of pairwise and multiple alignments of whole genome assemblies.
Whole Genome rVISTA
Identify transcription factor binding sites that are conserved between species and over-represented in upstream regions of groups of genes.
Microbial Genomes
Access pre-computed full scaffold alignments for microbial genomes through the VISTA component of IMG.

Training

VISTA tutorial and training materials from OpenHelix

Updates

April 2010
Added the whole-genome multiple alignment of five plants: Sorghum, Maize, Rice, B. distachyon, S. italica.

February 2010
OpenHelix released a new VISTA tutorial.

Read the VISTA guest post at the blog on February 16, 2010.

January 2010
Updated the Rice, Maize, Poplar, and Medicago assemblies, and added new plants: Cucumber, Cassava, Castor bean, and Monkey flower.

76 New whole-genome plant alignments are added to VISTA Browser.