About gbdraw
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About gbdraw
How to cite
If you use gbdraw in your research, please cite the preprint:
Kawato, S. (2026). gbdraw: a genome diagram generator for microbes and organelles. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.04.07.716863
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.04.07.716863
Project links:
- GitHub: https://github.com/satoshikawato/gbdraw/
- Web app: https://gbdraw.app/
- Release notes and the full changelog
- Contributing and the Code of Conduct
Acknowledgments and inspiration
gbdraw draws inspiration from a number of genome visualization tools and related projects:
- CGView
- Artemis Comparison Tool (ACT)
- SnapGene Viewer
- DnaFeaturesViewer
- pyGenomeViz
- Circos
- GenomeMatcher
- GenomeDiagram (Biopython)
- GenoVi
- OrganellarGenomeDRAW (OGDRAW)
The current project grew out of earlier plotting scripts published in satoshikawato/bio_small_scripts.
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