title: Update of AMmtDB: a database of multi-aligned Metazoa mitochondrial DNA sequences.
abstract: The AMmtDB database (http://bighost.area.ba.cnr.it/mitochondriome) has been updated by collecting the multi-aligned sequences of Chordata and Invertebrata mitochondrial genes coding for proteins and tRNAs. Links to the multi-aligned mtDNA intraspecies variants, collected in VarMmtDB at the Mitochondriome web site, have been introduced. The genes coding for proteins are multi-aligned based on the translated sequences and both the nucleotide and amino acid multi-alignments are provided. AMmtDB data selected through SRS can be viewed and managed using GeneDoc or other programs for the management of multi-aligned data depending on the user's operative system. The multiple alignments have been produced with CLUSTALW and PILEUP programs and then carefully optimized manually.
authors.affiliation: Centro di Studio sui Mitocondri e Metabolismo Energetico CNR, Via Amendola 165/A, 70126 Bari, Italy. cecilia@area.ba.cnr.it
authors.forename: Cecilia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lanave
authors.forename: Flavio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Licciulli
authors.forename: Mariateresa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De Robertis
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marolla
authors.forename: Marcella
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Attimonelli
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002816:Chordata, Nonvertebrate / Q000235:genetics*; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D030561:Databases, Nucleic Acid; D016678:Genome; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D020407:Internet; D007448:Invertebrates / Q000235:genetics*; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000235:genetics; D016415:Sequence Alignment
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D012343:RNA, Transfer