title: INTERACT: an object oriented protein-protein interaction database.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Protein-protein interactions provide vital information concerning the function of proteins, complexes and networks. Currently there is no widely accepted repository of this interaction information. Our aim is to provide a single database with the necessary architecture to fully store, query and analyse interaction data.
  
  
  RESULTS
  An object oriented database has been created which provides scientists with a resource for examining existing protein-protein interactions and inferring possible interactions from the data stored. It also provides a basis for examining networks of interacting proteins, via analysis of the data stored. The database contains over a thousand interactions.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  k.eilbeck@stud.man.ac.uk
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, UK. k.eilbeck@stud.man.ac.uk
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Eilbeck
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brass
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Paton
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hodgman
mesh_terms: D019295:Computational Biology; D016208:Databases, Factual; D020407:Internet; D016239:MEDLINE; D011485:Protein Binding; D012984:Software