dictyBase - A Dictyostelium bioinformatics resource update

Petra Fey, Pascale Gaudet, Tomaz Curk, Blaz Zupan, Eric M. Just, Siddhartha Basu, Sohel N. Merchant, Yulia A. Bushmanova, Gad Shaulsky, Warren A. Kibbe, Rex I. Chisholm

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Abstract

dictyBase (http://dictybase.org) is the model organism database for Dictyostelium discoideum. It houses the complete genome sequence, ESTs and the entire body of literature relevant to Dictyostelium. This information is curated to provide accurate gene models and functional annotations, with the goal of fully annotating the genome. This dictyBase update describes the annotations and features implemented since 2006, including improved strain and phenotype representation, integration of predicted transcriptional regulatory elements, protein domain information, biochemical pathways, improved searching and a wiki tool that allows members of the research community to provide annotations.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)D515-D519
JournalNucleic acids research
Volume37
Issue numberSUPPL. 1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009

Funding

National Institutes of Health (GM64426 and HG0022) (R.L.C.), (P01-HD39691) (T.C., B.Z., G.S.) and the Slovenian Research Agency (P2-0209, J2-9699) (T.C., B.Z.) (partial). Funding for open access charge: National Institutes of Health.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Genetics

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