title: Genomic database resources for Dictyostelium discoideum.
abstract: Dictyostelium is an attractive model system for the study of mechanisms basic to cellular function or complex multicellular developmental processes. Recent advances in Dictyostelium genomics have generated a wide spectrum of resources. However, much of the current genomic sequence information is still not currently available through GenBank or related databases. Thus, many investigators are unaware that extensive sequence data from Dictyostelium has been compiled, or of its availability and access. Here, we discuss progress in Dictyostelium genomics and gene annotation, and highlight the primary portals for sequence access, manipulation and analysis (http://genome.imb-jena.de/dictyostelium/; http://dictygenome.bcm.tmc.edu/; http://www.sanger. ac.uk/Projects/D_discoideum/; http://www.csm.biol. tsukuba.ac.jp/cDNAproject.html).
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Cellular and Developmental Biology (50/3351), National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-8028, USA.
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kreppel
authors.forename: Alan R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Kimmel
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000235:genetics; D030541:Databases, Genetic; D004023:Dictyostelium / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology; D005544:Forecasting; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D017125:Genes, Protozoan; D018503:Genome, Protozoan; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D020407:Internet; D015800:Protozoan Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D017385:Sequence Homology
chemical_list: D016054:DNA, Protozoan; D015800:Protozoan Proteins