VectorBase — NIAID Bioinformatics Resource Center for invertebrate vectors of human pathogens (mosquitoes, ticks, sandflies, tsetse flies, kissing bugs, and related arthropods). Provides genome assemb
Use with AI
Install the MCP server or CLI to instantly fetch VectorBase documentation:
Install command
claude mcp add biocontext7 -- npx @biocontext7/mcpOr share this page: biocontext7.com/tools/vectorbase
Apache Arrow — cross-language columnar in-memory analytics format and ecosystem. Provides zero-copy IPC between Python, R, C++, Java, Go, and Rust via shared memory and the C Data Interface. Use for:
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niffler — transparent compressed file I/O for Rust bioinformatics pipelines. Sniffs compression format from magic bytes using get_reader and from_path. Supports gzip, bzip2, xz/lzma, zstd, and BGZF (b
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snapgene-reader — Python library for parsing SnapGene *.dna binary files into Python dicts or Biopython SeqRecord objects. Converts proprietary SnapGene format to GenBank (.gbk), extracts annotated se
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Conda and Mamba package/environment management for bioinformatics. Create, export, and reproduce isolated software environments using conda or mamba (fast C++ solver). Manage Bioconda channels, resolv
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Dockstore — open platform for sharing Docker-based bioinformatics tools and workflows written in CWL, WDL, Nextflow, and Galaxy. Provides workflow discovery, versioned registrations, TRS API for progr
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