Phat is a program for finding genes in eukaryotic organisms. It was originally developed with a view to annotating Plasmodium falciparum data but now comes with code to retrain it for other organisms. (Requires annotated Genbank files for input).

The latest version comes with ready-made parameter sets for the analysis of:

• Homo sapiens
• Plasmodium falciparum
• Plasmodium vivax

Phat supports most input sequence formats and has support for analyzing sequences in parallel if you have a multiple-processor machine. (Requires BioPerl)

• Installation and usage instructions
• A gene finding comparison in Plasmodium falciparum.
• Download Phat source code (latest version Dec 15 2000).
• Phat in its current form is unpublished, however the original version was written up in Tony Wirth's honours thesis. [ps] [pdf]
• Your questions and comments are very welcome! Mail simon_cawley@affymetrix.com