VIGOR (Viral Genome ORF Reader) is a perl application to predict protein sequences encoded in viral genomes. VIGOR was written for The JCVI Genomic Sequencing Center for Infectious Diseases (GSCID) at The J. Craig Venter Institute is sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
VIGOR determines the protein coding sequences by sequence similarity searching against curated viral protein databases.
VIGOR currently annotates the following viruses:
Alphaviruses
Bunyaviridae
Coronavirus (Alpha/Beta/Gamma/Delta/Unclassified Cov)
Filoviridae (Ebola and Marburg)
Human Rhinovirus/Enterovirus
Human Adenovirus (A,B,C,D,E,F,G)
Human Herpesvirus 5
Influenza (A, B and C for human, avian, and swine)
Measles/ Morbillivirus
Metapneumovirus
Mumps / Rubulavirus
Norovirus (I, II, misc, murine)
Rabies
Respiratory Syncytial virus (RSV)
Respirovirus (HPIV-1, HPIV-3, Sendai)
Rotavirus
Rubella
Sapovirus
Varicellovirus
Yellow Fever / Japanese encephalitis (JEV)
The VIGOR software has been published under the following publications: