Database model and specification of GermOnline Release 2.0, a cross-species community annotation knowledgebase on germ cell differentiation.
GermOnline is a web-accessible relational database that enables life scientists to make a significant and sustained contribution to the annotation of genes relevant for the fields of mitosis, meiosis, germ line development and gametogenesis across species. This novel approach to genome annotation includes a platform for knowledge submission and curation as well as microarray data storage and visualization hosted by a global network of servers.


BACKGROUND
The database is accessible at http://www.germonline.org/. For convenient world-wide access we have set up a network of servers in Europe (http://germonline.unibas.ch/; http://germonline.igh.cnrs.fr/), Japan (http://germonline.biochem.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/) and USA (http://germonline.yeastgenome.org/).


BACKGROUND
Extended documentation of the database is available through the link 'About GermOnline' at the websites.
Wiederkehr
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Biozentrum and Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Klingelbergstrasse 50-70, 4056 Basel, Switzerland.
Basavaraj
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Sarrauste de Menthière
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Koch
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Schlecht
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Hermida
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Masdoua
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Ishii
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Cassen
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Yamamoto
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Lane
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Cherry
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Lamb
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Primig
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D000818:Animals; D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000235:genetics; D003628:Database Management Systems; D030541:Databases, Genetic; D004282:Documentation / Q000379:methods*; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling / Q000379:methods; D005854:Germ Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination / Q000379:methods; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods*; D020407:Internet; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis / Q000379:methods; D013045:Species Specificity; D014584:User-Computer Interface