title: AMiGA: the arthropodan mitochondrial genomes accessible database.
abstract: The Arthropodan Mitochondrial Genomes Accessible database (AMiGA) is a relational database developed to help in managing access to the increasing amount of data arising from developments in arthropodan mitochondrial genomics (136 mitochondrial genomes as of September 2005). The strengths of AMiGA include (1) a more accessible and up-to-date database containing a more comprehensive set of mitochondrial genomes for this phylum, (2) the provision of flexible search options for retrieving detailed information such as bibliographical data, genomic graphics, FASTA sequences and taxonomical status, (3) the possibility of enhanced comparative analyses by multiple alignment of single or concatenated sets of genes, (4) more accurate and updated information resulting from a specific curation process called AMiGA Notes and (5) the possibility of including unpublished sequences in a password-restricted area for comparative analysis with the other sequences stored in the database.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  http://amiga.cbmeg.unicamp.br
  
  
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  lessinger@amiga.cbmeg.unicamp.br
  
  
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  Detailed information, including an illustrated tutorial, is available from the above URL.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Genética Animal, Centro de Biologia Molecular e Engenharia Genética (CBMEG), Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), CP 6010, CEP 13035-875, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Pedro Cipriano
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Feijão
authors.forename: Lissiene Silva
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Neiva
authors.forename: Ana Maria Lima
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: de Azeredo-Espin
authors.forename: Ana Cláudia
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Lessinger
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001181:Arthropods / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D019295:Computational Biology; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D003628:Database Management Systems; D030541:Databases, Genetic; D023281:Genomics / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial