title: MITOMAP: a human mitochondrial genome database--2004 update.
abstract: MITOMAP (http://www.MITOMAP.org), a database for the human mitochondrial genome, has grown rapidly in data content over the past several years as interest in the role of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variation in human origins, forensics, degenerative diseases, cancer and aging has increased dramatically. To accommodate this information explosion, MITOMAP has implemented a new relational database and an improved search engine, and all programs have been rewritten. System administrative changes have been made to improve security and efficiency, and to make MITOMAP compatible with a new automatic mtDNA sequence analyzer known as Mitomaster.
authors.affiliation: Department of Information and Computer Science, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA. mbrandon@uci.edu
authors.forename: Marty C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Brandon
authors.forename: Marie T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Lott
authors.forename: Kevin Cuong
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: Syawal
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Spolim
authors.forename: Shamkant B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Navathe
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Baldi
authors.forename: Douglas C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Wallace
mesh_terms: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000737:chemistry*; D003628:Database Management Systems; D030561:Databases, Nucleic Acid; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D014644:Genetic Variation; D015894:Genome, Human; D023281:Genomics; D006801:Humans; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000235:genetics*; D009154:Mutation; D018511:Systems Integration; D014584:User-Computer Interface
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial