title: Integration of tools and resources for display and analysis of genomic data for protozoan parasites.
abstract: Centralisation of tools for analysis of genomic data is paramount in ensuring that research is always carried out on the latest currently available data. As such, World Wide Web sites providing a range of online analyses and displays of data can play a crucial role in guaranteeing consistency of in silico work. In this respect, the protozoan parasite research community is served by several resources, either focussing on data and tools for one species or taking a broader view and providing tools for analysis of data from many species, thereby facilitating comparative studies. In this paper, we give a broad overview of the online resources available. We then focus on the GeneDB project, detailing the features and tools currently available through it. Finally, we discuss data curation and its importance in keeping genomic data 'relevant' to the research community.
authors.affiliation: Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK. maa@sanger.ac.uk
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aslett
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mooney
authors.forename: Ellen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Adlem
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Berriman
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Berry
authors.forename: Christiane
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hertz-Fowler
authors.forename: Alasdair C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Ivens
authors.forename: Arnaud
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kerhornou
authors.forename: Julian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Parkhill
authors.forename: Chris S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Peacock
authors.forename: Valerie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Wood
authors.forename: Marie-Adele
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Rajandream
authors.forename: Bart
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Barrell
authors.forename: Adrian
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tivey
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019295:Computational Biology; D030541:Databases, Genetic; D018503:Genome, Protozoan; D023281:Genomics; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D009862:Online Systems