title: SilkSatDb: a microsatellite database of the silkworm, Bombyx mori.
abstract: The SilkSatDb (silkmoth microsatellite database) (http://www.cdfd.org.in/silksatdb) is a relational database of microsatellites extracted from the available expressed sequence tags and whole genome shotgun sequences of the silkmoth, Bombyx mori. The database has been rendered with a simple and robust web-based search facility, developed using PHP. The SilkSatDb also stores information on primers developed and validated in the laboratory. Users can retrieve information on the microsatellite and the protocols used, along with informative figures and polymorphism status of those microsatellites. In addition, the interface is coupled with Autoprimer, a primer-designing program, using which users can design primers for the loci of interest.
authors.affiliation: Laboratories of Molecular Genetics, Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, ECIL Road, Nacharam, Hyderabad 500076, India.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Prasad
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Muthulakshmi
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Arunkumar
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Madhu
authors.forename: V B
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Sreenu
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pavithra
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bose
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Nagarajaram
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mita
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimada
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nagaraju
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D012831:Bombyx / Q000235:genetics*; D030561:Databases, Nucleic Acid; D020407:Internet; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014584:User-Computer Interface