COMPARA ensembl gene family analysis

Question

[Mehmet]

Dear all,

I want to make gene family analysis, i have seen COMPARA program (or database). I have read the tutorial but I haven't understood the procedure. Could someone please explain me briefly?

Thank you.

[Emily]

Which tutorial have you read? What about it did you not understand?

[Mehmet]

Hi ,I have four genomes, and want to know gene families by using compara. I have downloaded the files by following ftp://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/ensembl/Helpdesk/API_video_script.txt. Do I have to connect the MySQL server or the files downloaded before will be enough? and How can I start analysis?

This is the tutorial: http://asia.ensembl.org/info/docs/api/compara/compara_tutorial.html

Answer 1

[Emily]

You may wish to take a look at the API online course. The Core module will help you to get started with the APIs, then you'll want to use the Compara module for looking at protein families.

[Mehmet]

Thank you very much, your help is important to the beginners at bioinformatics.