title: Olfactory Receptor Database: a database of the largest eukaryotic gene family.
abstract: The Olfactory Receptor Database (ORDB) is a WWW-accessible database that stores data on Olfactory Receptor-like molecules (ORs) and has been open to the public since June 1996. It contains a public and a private area. The public area includes published DNA and protein sequence data for ORs, links to OR models and data on their expression, chromosomal localization and source organism, as well as (i) links to bibliography through PubMed and (ii) interactive WWW-based tools, such as BLAST homology searching. The private area functions as a service to laboratories that are actively cloning receptors. Source laboratories enter the sequences of the receptor clones they have characterized to the private database and can search for identical or near identical OR sequences in both public and private databases. If another laboratory has cloned and deposited an identical or closely matching sequence there are means for communication between the laboratories to help avoid duplication of work. ORDB is available via the WWW at http://crepe.med.yale.edu/ORDB/HTML
authors.affiliation: Center for Medical Informatics and Section of Neurobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06511, USAskoufos@spine.med.yale.edu
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Skoufos
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Healy
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Singer
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Nadkarni
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Shepherd
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D016208:Databases, Factual / Q000639:trends; D005057:Eukaryotic Cells; D015870:Gene Expression; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D020407:Internet; D008958:Models, Molecular; D005810:Multigene Family; D018035:Receptors, Odorant / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics*; D017385:Sequence Homology; D014584:User-Computer Interface
chemical_list: D018035:Receptors, Odorant