PLEK

INSTALLATION
Pre-requisite:
1. Linux
2. C/C++ compiler (i.e. gcc, g++)
3. Python 2.5.0 or later versions (http://www.python.org/)

Steps:
1. Download PLEK.1.2.tar.gz from https://sourceforge.net/projects/plek/files/
and decompress it.
$ tar zvxf PLEK.1.2.tar.gz
2. Compile PLEK.
$ cd PLEK.1.2
$ python PLEK_setup.py


USAGE
python PLEK.py -fasta fasta_file -out output_file -thread number_of_threads
-minlength min_length_of_sequence -isoutmsg 0_or_1 -isrmtempfile 0_or_1

Examples:
1. $ python PLEK.py -fasta PLEK_test.fa -out predicted -thread 10
2. $ python PLEK.py -fasta PLEK_test.fa -out predicted -thread 10 -minlength 150

We upgraded PLEK to PLEKv2.:
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-024-10662-y

Aimin Li, Haotian Zhou, Siqi Xiong, et al. PLEKv2: predicting lncRNAs and mRNAs based on intrinsic sequence features and the coding-net model. BMC Genomics 2024, 25(1):756.