title: TransTerm, the translational signal database, extended to include full coding sequences and untranslated regions.
abstract: TransTerm is a database of mRNA sequences and parameters useful for detecting translational control signals in general. TransTerm-98 has been expanded beyond previous years to include full coding sequences and UTRs, while retaining the original small contexts about the coding sequence start- and stop-codons. The database contains more than 130 000 non-redundant coding sequences with associated untranslated regions (UTRs) from over 450 species. This includes the complete genomes of 12 prokaryotic and one eukaryotic organism. Several coding sequence parameters are available: coding sequence length, Nc, GC3 and, when it is computable, Codon Adaptation Index (CAI). Codon usage tables and summaries of start- and stop-codon contexts are also included. TransTerm-98 has both a relational database form with a WWW interface and a flatfile format, also available by Internet browser. TransTerm is available at: http://biochem.otago.ac.nz:800/Transterm/homepage.h tml
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand. mdalphin@sanger.otago.ac.nz
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Dalphin
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Stockwell
authors.forename: W P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Tate
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D003062:Codon / Q000235:genetics; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005057:Eukaryotic Cells; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D016679:Genome, Viral; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D020407:Internet; D016366:Open Reading Frames / Q000235:genetics*; D015388:Organelles / Q000235:genetics; D011387:Prokaryotic Cells; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics*; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D020506:Untranslated Regions / Q000235:genetics*; D014584:User-Computer Interface
chemical_list: D003062:Codon; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D020506:Untranslated Regions