title: dictyBase update 2011: web 2.0 functionality and the initial steps towards a genome portal for the Amoebozoa.
abstract: dictyBase (http://www.dictybase.org), the model organism database for Dictyostelium, aims to provide the broad biomedical research community with well integrated, high quality data and tools for Dictyostelium discoideum and related species. dictyBase 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 to provide a 'reference genome' in the Amoebozoa clade. We highlight several new features in the present update: (i) new annotations; (ii) improved interface with web 2.0 functionality; (iii) the initial steps towards a genome portal for the Amoebozoa; (iv) ortholog display; and (v) the complete integration of the Dicty Stock Center with dictyBase.
authors.affiliation: dictyBase, Northwestern University Biomedical Informatics Center and Center for Genetic Medicine, 420 E Superior St, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
authors.forename: Pascale
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gaudet
authors.forename: Petra
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fey
authors.forename: Siddhartha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Basu
authors.forename: Yulia A
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: Bushmanova
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dodson
authors.forename: Kerry A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Sheppard
authors.forename: Eric M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Just
authors.forename: Warren A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Kibbe
authors.forename: Rex L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Chisholm
mesh_terms: D056894:Amoebozoa / Q000235:genetics; D030541:Databases, Genetic; D004023:Dictyostelium / Q000235:genetics*; D018503:Genome, Protozoan; D020407:Internet; D058977:Molecular Sequence Annotation; D015800:Protozoan Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D018511:Systems Integration
chemical_list: D015800:Protozoan Proteins