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WebLogo

Web Logo is used to visualize a graphical representation of multiple sequence alignment (amino acids or nucleotides). Each logo consists of stacks of symbols, one stack for each position in the sequence. The overall height of the stack indicates the sequence conservation at that position, while the height of symbols within the stack indicates the relative frequency of each amino at that position.

In general, a sequence logo provides a richer and more precise description of, for example, a binding site, than would a consensus sequence.

You must specify the tag semType with value AminoacidsMultipleAlignment or NucleotidesMultipleAlignment for the data column with multiple alignment sequences, it is mandatory to select the palette for monomers' colors.

You can customize the look of the viewer with properties. Properties startPosition and endPosition allow to display multiple alignment partially. If property startPosition (endPosition) is not specified, then the Logo will be plotted from the first (till the last) position of sequences.

General

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Properties

Property nameDefaultDescription
SequenceFirst Macromolecule columnSource sequence column
ValueFirst numeric columnColumn with values used in aggregation for position heights
Value Aggr TypecountAggregation function of the value column
startPositionNamenullname of the first position to display Logo partially
endPositionNamenullname of the last position to display Logo partially
Skip Empty sequencestrueSkip empty sequences in analysis
Skip Empty positionsfalseDo not consider empty positions in aggregations
Shrink Empty tailtrueSkip empty tail (if found for all sequences within a subset) in WebLogo
Background ColorwhiteBackground color of WebLogo canvas
Position HeightEntropyMonomer-Position height mode. Entropy of 100%(full height)
Position Width20Width of position in WebLogo. If "Fit Area" is enabled, width will be calculated to fit horizontal space
Vertical AlignmentmiddleVertical elignment of weblogo
Horizontal AlignmentcenterHorizontal elignment of weblogo
Fix WidthfalseFix the width of webLogo without adaptive changes
Fit AreatrueFit WebLogo to the horizontal space. Calculates position width as maximum between provided width value and value needed to fit whole horizontal space.
Min Height25Minimum height of WebLogo
Max Height300Maximum height of WebLogo
Max Monomer Letters5Maximum monomer letters to display before shortening
Show Position LabelstrueShow position labels on top of the weblogo
Position Margin StateautoCalculate optimal margins between positions or turn it on/off
Position Margin4Margin between positions in WebLogo
Filter SourceFilteredData source for weblogo. Selected or filtered rows.

Web Logo

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