GIF-DB, a WWW database on gene interactions involved in Drosophila melanogaster development.
GIF-DB (Gene Interactions in the Fly Database) is a new WWW database (http://www-biol.univ-mrs.fr/ approximately lgpd/GIFTS_home_page. html ) describing gene molecular interactions involved in the process of embryonic pattern formation in the flyDrosophila melanogaster. The detailed information is distributed in specific lines arranged into an EMBL- (or SWISS-PROT-) like format. GIF-DB achieves a high level of integration with other databases such as FlyBase, EMBL and SWISS-PROT through numerous hyperlinks. The original concept of interaction databases examplified by GIF-DB could be extended to other biological subjects and organisms so as to study gene regulatory networks in an evolutionary perspective.
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Laboratoire de Génétique et Physiologie du Développement, IBDM, Parc Scientifique de Luminy, CNRS Case 907, 13288 Marseille Cedex 09, France. jacq@lgpd.univ.mrs.fr
Horn
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Janody
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Gompel
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Serralbo
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Mohr
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Leroy
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Bellon
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Fasano
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Laurenti
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Röder
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D000818:Animals; D019521:Body Patterning / Q000235:genetics*; D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D016208:Databases, Factual; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000196:embryology* / Q000235:genetics