AceBrowser

AceBrowser is a small set of CGI scripts that work on top of AcePerl to provide a straightforward browsable interface to any ACEDB database. It is intended to supplement the full-featured WebAce system that is maintained on the Sanger Centre. AceBrowser does not provide all the functionality that WebAce provides (missing are the Table Builder and model browsing interfaces), but it is small and relatively easy to set up, particularly if you already have AcePerl installed.

As of AcePerl version 1.77, AceBrowser is an integral part of AcePerl. The AcePerl installer will optionally install AceBrowser as well.

Downloads

The base package is part of AcePerl. For a full-featured example of AceBrowser used to support a "real" database, you may also want to download and examine the source code for WormBase (http://www.wormbase.org

1. AcePerl-latest.tar.gz
2. wormbase-site.tar.gz
3. Archived versions

Demos

The following are demos of the system to give you a sense of the extensibility and customizability of the system.

The C. elegans database

This is the current release of the full C. elegans database. It is running on the same type of machine that this Web server is on.

Maize Targeted Mutagenesis Database

This is a database of maize mutations, generated using a transposon insertion scheme.

Simple browser

This is the default browser that you get without customization.

Moviedb

A very skimpy database of movie titles, used for regression tests.

Documentation

• AceBrowser README File
• Ace::Browser::AceSubs perldoc file
• Ace::Browser::SearchSubs perldoc file
• Ace::Browser::SiteDefs perldoc file

Change Log

• Version 3.01, July 20, 2001
• Enhanced pic script to allow scrolling and zooming
• Version 2.10, September 6, 1999
• Added expression search/expression pattern display
• Multiple fixes to sequence viewer
• Laboratory viewer
• Clone viewer
• Genome dump script
• Version 2.01, January 4, 1999
• Added chromosome display to clone page
• Support for alignments using jalview
• Version 2.00, December 14, 1998
  • Large scale revamping and revision for Worm data release.
  • All site-specific definitions moved to SiteDefs.pm
• Version 1.05, September 17, 1998
  • Changed the word "grep" to "text search"
  • Small fixes to accomodate changes in AcePerl
• version 1.04 August 4, 1998
  • Added support for BLAST searches.
  • Added support for inline images.