STING Report: convenient web-based application for graphic and tabular presentations of protein sequence, structure and function descriptors from the STING database

Abstract : The Sting Report is a versatile web-based application for extraction and presentation of detailed information about any individual amino acid of a protein structure stored in the STING Database. The extracted informa-tion is presented as a series of GIF images and tables, containing the values of up to 125 sequence/structure/ function descriptors/parameters. The GIF images are generated by the Gold STING modules. The HTML page resulting from the STING Report query can be printed and, most importantly, it can be composed and visualized on a computer platform with an elemen-tary configuration. Using the STING Report, a user can generate a collection of customized reports for amino acids of specific interest. Such a collection comes as an ideal match for a demand for the rapid and detailed consultation and documentation of data about struc-ture/function. The inclusion of information generated