title: FlyBase: genes and gene models.
abstract: FlyBase (http://flybase.org) is the primary repository of genetic and molecular data of the insect family Drosophilidae. For the most extensively studied species, Drosophila melanogaster, a wide range of data are presented in integrated formats. Data types include mutant phenotypes, molecular characterization of mutant alleles and aberrations, cytological maps, wild-type expression patterns, anatomical images, transgenic constructs and insertions, sequence-level gene models and molecular classification of gene product functions. There is a growing body of data for other Drosophila species; this is expected to increase dramatically over the next year, with the completion of draft-quality genomic sequences of an additional 11 Drosophila species.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EH, UK. rd120@gen.cam.ac.uk
authors.forename: Rachel A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Drysdale
authors.forename: Madeline A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Crosby
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D030541:Databases, Genetic; D004330:Drosophila / Q000235:genetics*; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D017344:Genes, Insect; D016678:Genome; D008957:Models, Genetic
chemical_list: D029721:Drosophila Proteins