title: dictyBase--a Dictyostelium bioinformatics resource update.
abstract: dictyBase (http://dictybase.org) is the model organism database for Dictyostelium discoideum. It houses the complete genome sequence, ESTs and the entire body of literature relevant to Dictyostelium. This information is curated to provide accurate gene models and functional annotations, with the goal of fully annotating the genome. This dictyBase update describes the annotations and features implemented since 2006, including improved strain and phenotype representation, integration of predicted transcriptional regulatory elements, protein domain information, biochemical pathways, improved searching and a wiki tool that allows members of the research community to provide annotations.
authors.affiliation: dictyBase, Northwestern University Biomedical Informatics Center and Center for Genetic Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
authors.forename: Petra
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fey
authors.forename: Pascale
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gaudet
authors.forename: Tomaz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Curk
authors.forename: Blaz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zupan
authors.forename: Eric M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Just
authors.forename: Siddhartha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Basu
authors.forename: Sohel N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Merchant
authors.forename: Yulia A
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: Bushmanova
authors.forename: Gad
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Shaulsky
authors.forename: Warren A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Kibbe
authors.forename: Rex L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Chisholm
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D030541:Databases, Genetic; D004023:Dictyostelium / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D017125:Genes, Protozoan; D023281:Genomics; D010641:Phenotype; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D015800:Protozoan Proteins / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D015800:Protozoan Proteins