LIFEdb: a database for functional genomics experiments integrating information from external sources, and serving as a sample tracking system.
We have implemented LIFEdb (http://www.dkfz.de/LIFEdb) to link information regarding novel human full-length cDNAs generated and sequenced by the German cDNA Consortium with functional information on the encoded proteins produced in functional genomics and proteomics approaches. The database also serves as a sample-tracking system to manage the process from cDNA to experimental read-out and data interpretation. A web interface enables the scientific community to explore and visualize features of the annotated cDNAs and ORFs combined with experimental results, and thus helps to unravel new features of proteins with as yet unknown functions.
Bannasch
Detlev
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German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Division of Molecular Genome Analysis, Im Neuenheimer Feld 580, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany. d.bannasch@dkfz.de
Mehrle
Alexander
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Glatting
Karl-Heinz
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Pepperkok
Rainer
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Poustka
Annemarie
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Wiemann
Stefan
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D001331:Automation; D019295:Computational Biology; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics*; D030541:Databases, Genetic; D023281:Genomics; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D020407:Internet; D016366:Open Reading Frames / Q000235:genetics; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D040901:Proteomics
D018076:DNA, Complementary; D011506:Proteins