title: Xenbase: a Xenopus biology and genomics resource.
abstract: Xenbase (www.xenbase.org) is a model organism database integrating a diverse array of biological and genomic data on the frogs, Xenopus laevis and Xenopus (Silurana) tropicalis. Data is collected from other databases, high-throughput screens and the scientific literature and integrated into a number of database modules covering subjects such as community, literature, gene and genomic analysis. Gene pages are automatically assembled from data piped from the Entrez Gene, Gurdon Institute, JGI, Metazome, MGI, OMIM, PubMed, Unigene, Zfin, commercial suppliers and others. These data are then supplemented with in-house annotation. Xenbase has implemented the Gbrowse genome browser and also provides a BLAST service that allows users to specifically search either laevis or tropicalis DNA or protein targets. A table of Xenopus gene synonyms has been implemented and allows the genome, genes, publications and high-throughput gene expression data to be seamlessly integrated with other Xenopus data and to external database resources, making the wealth of developmental and functional data from the frog available to the broader research community.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Jeff B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Bowes
authors.forename: Kevin A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Snyder
authors.forename: Erik
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Segerdell
authors.forename: Ross
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gibb
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jarabek
authors.forename: Etienne
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Noumen
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pollet
authors.forename: Peter D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Vize
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D030541:Databases, Genetic; D015870:Gene Expression; D005796:Genes; D023281:Genomics; D020407:Internet; D039781:PubMed; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D014981:Xenopus / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000235:genetics*; D014982:Xenopus laevis / Q000235:genetics*