title: Genome Information Broker for Viruses (GIB-V): database for comparative analysis of virus genomes.
abstract: Genome Information Broker for Viruses (GIB-V) is a comprehensive virus genome/segment database. We extracted 18 418 complete virus genomes/segments from the International Nucleotide Sequence Database Collaboration (INSDC, http://www.insdc.org/) by DNA Data Bank of Japan (DDBJ), EMBL and GenBank and stored them in our system. The list of registered viruses is arranged hierarchically according to taxonomy. Keyword searches can be performed for genome/segment data or biological features of any virus stored in GIB-V. GIB-V is equipped with a BLAST search function, and search results are displayed graphically or in list form. Moreover, the BLAST results can be used online with the ClustalW feature of the DDBJ. All available virus genome/segment data can be collected by the GIB-V download function. GIB-V can be accessed at no charge at http://gib-v.genes.nig.ac.jp/.
authors.affiliation: Center for Information Biology and DNA Data Bank of Japan National Institute of Genetics and Sokendai, Shizuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hirahata
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: Naoto
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Yoshikazu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kuwana
authors.forename: Yasumasa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shigemoto
authors.forename: Satoru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
authors.forename: Yoshiyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Hideaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sugawara
mesh_terms: D030561:Databases, Nucleic Acid; D016679:Genome, Viral; D023281:Genomics; D020407:Internet; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D012984:Software; D014584:User-Computer Interface