title: MTB-PCDB: Mycobacterium tuberculosis proteome comparison database.
abstract: The Mycobacterium tuberculosis Proteome Comparison Database (MTB-PCDB) is an online database providing integrated access to proteome sequence comparison data for five strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (H37Rv, H37Ra, CDC 1551, F11 and KZN 1435) sequenced completely so far. MTB-PCDB currently hosts 40252 protein sequence comparison data obtained through inter-strain proteome comparison of five different strains of MTB. 2373 proteins were found to be identical in all 5 strains using MTB H(37)Rv as reference strain. To enable wide use of this data, MTB-PCDB provides a set of tools for searching, browsing, analyzing and downloading the data. By bringing together, M. tuberculosis proteome comparison among virulent & avirulent strains and also drug susceptible & drug resistance strains MTB-PCDB provides a unique discovery platform for comparative proteomics among these strains which may give insights into the discovery & development of TB drugs, vaccines and biomarkers.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  The database is available for free at http://www.bicjbtdrc-mgims.in/MTB-PCDB/
authors.affiliation: Bioinformatics Centre, JB Tropical Disease Research Centre, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram (Wardha) 442102, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Lingaraja
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jena
authors.forename: Gauri
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wankhade
authors.forename: Satish
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Bhaskar Chinnaiah
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Harinath