title: TparvaDB: a database to support Theileria parva vaccine development.
abstract: We describe the development of TparvaDB, a comprehensive resource to facilitate research towards development of an East Coast fever vaccine, by providing an integrated user-friendly database of all genome and related data currently available for Theileria parva. TparvaDB is based on the Generic Model Organism Database (GMOD) platform. It contains a complete reference genome sequence, Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs), Massively Parallel Signature Sequencing (MPSS) expression tag data and related information from both public and private repositories. The Artemis annotation workbench provides online annotation functionality. TparvaDB represents a resource that will underpin and promote ongoing East Coast fever vaccine development and biological research. Database URL: http://tparvadb.ilri.cgiar.org.
authors.affiliation: Center for Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, University of Nairobi, Nairobi.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Visendi
authors.forename: Wanjiku
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ng'ang'a
authors.forename: Wallace
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bulimo
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bishop
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ochanda
authors.forename: Etienne P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: de Villiers
mesh_terms: D030541:Databases, Genetic; D020224:Expressed Sequence Tags; D020407:Internet; D058977:Molecular Sequence Annotation; D016052:Protozoan Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*; D016797:Theileria parva / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology*; D014584:User-Computer Interface
chemical_list: D016052:Protozoan Vaccines