Fig. 1

The main window of SOAPTyping. The panel of Sample List displays input files as a tree structure based on samples’ names and genes. The panel of Allele Match List displays possible typing results sorted by the number of mismatched sites. The panel of Base Navigator highlights mismatched positions so that users can skip to such positions quickly by clicking on the color bar. The panel of Sequence Display, from top to bottom, is comprised of server tracks including ‘Sample and Position’, ‘Consensus Sequence’, ‘Forward Sequence’, ‘Reverse Sequence’, ‘GSSP Sequence’, ‘Consensus Alignment’, ‘Pattern Sequence’, ‘Type Result’ and sequences of the allele pair. The panel of Electropherogram Display displays the electropherogram of the forward sequence, the reverse sequence, and the GSSP sequence so that users can edit bases in this area. The panel of Toolbar contains useful functions and information, such as importing and exporting reports