title: dictyBase, the model organism database for Dictyostelium discoideum.
abstract: dictyBase (http://dictybase.org) is the model organism database (MOD) for the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum. The unique biology and phylogenetic position of Dictyostelium offer a great opportunity to gain knowledge of processes not characterized in other organisms. The recent completion of the 34 MB genome sequence, together with the sizable scientific literature using Dictyostelium as a research organism, provided the necessary tools to create a well-annotated genome. dictyBase has leveraged software developed by the Saccharomyces Genome Database and the Generic Model Organism Database project. This has reduced the time required to develop a full-featured MOD and greatly facilitated our ability to focus on annotation and providing new functionality. We hope that manual curation of the Dictyostelium genome will facilitate the annotation of other genomes.
authors.affiliation: dictyBase, Center for Genetic Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. chisholm@northwestern.edu
authors.forename: Rex L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Chisholm
authors.forename: Pascale
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gaudet
authors.forename: Eric M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Just
authors.forename: Karen E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Pilcher
authors.forename: Petra
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fey
authors.forename: Sohel N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Merchant
authors.forename: Warren A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Kibbe
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018070:Biological Specimen Banks; D030541:Databases, Genetic; D004023:Dictyostelium / Q000235:genetics*; D018503:Genome, Protozoan; D023281:Genomics; D020407:Internet; D023421:Models, Animal; D015800:Protozoan Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D012984:Software; D018511:Systems Integration; D014584:User-Computer Interface
chemical_list: D015800:Protozoan Proteins