The World-2DPAGE Constellation to promote and publish gel-based proteomics data through the ExPASy server.
Since it was launched in 1993, the ExPASy server has been and is still a reference in the proteomics world. ExPASy users access various databases, many dedicated tools, and lists of resources, among other services. A significant part of resources available is devoted to two-dimensional electrophoresis data. Our latest contribution to the expansion of the pool of on-line proteomics data is the World-2DPAGE Constellation, accessible at http://world-2dpage.expasy.org/. It is composed of the established WORLD-2DPAGE List of 2-D PAGE database servers, the World-2DPAGE Portal that queries simultaneously world-wide proteomics databases, and the recently created World-2DPAGE Repository. The latter component is a public standards-compliant repository for gel-based proteomics data linked to protein identifications published in the literature. It has been set up using the Make2D-DB package, a software tool that helps building SWISS-2DPAGE-like databases on one's own Web site. The lack of necessary informatics infrastructure to build and run a dedicated website is no longer an obstacle to make proteomics data publicly accessible on the Internet.
Hoogland
Christine
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Proteome Informatics Group, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, CMU, 1 Michel-Servet, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland. Christine.Hoogland@isb-sib.ch
Mostaguir
Khaled
K
Appel
Ron D
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Lisacek
Frédérique
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D000818:Animals; D030562:Databases, Protein; D015180:Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D010449:Peptide Mapping; D040901:Proteomics