title: VectorBase: a data resource for invertebrate vector genomics.
abstract: VectorBase (http://www.vectorbase.org) is an NIAID-funded Bioinformatic Resource Center focused on invertebrate vectors of human pathogens. VectorBase annotates and curates vector genomes providing a web accessible integrated resource for the research community. Currently, VectorBase contains genome information for three mosquito species: Aedes aegypti, Anopheles gambiae and Culex quinquefasciatus, a body louse Pediculus humanus and a tick species Ixodes scapularis. Since our last report VectorBase has initiated a community annotation system, a microarray and gene expression repository and controlled vocabularies for anatomy and insecticide resistance. We have continued to develop both the software infrastructure and tools for interrogating the stored data.
authors.affiliation: European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire CB10 1SD, UK. lawson@ebi.ac.uk
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mesh_terms: D000330:Aedes / Q000235:genetics; D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000235:genetics; D001179:Arthropod Vectors / Q000235:genetics*; D003465:Culex / Q000235:genetics; D009033:Culicidae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D030541:Databases, Genetic; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D049750:Genome, Insect; D023281:Genomics; D018884:Ixodes / Q000235:genetics; D010374:Pediculus / Q000235:genetics; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled