title: Ensembl BioMarts: a hub for data retrieval across taxonomic space.
abstract: For a number of years the BioMart data warehousing system has proven to be a valuable resource for scientists seeking a fast and versatile means of accessing the growing volume of genomic data provided by the Ensembl project. The launch of the Ensembl Genomes project in 2009 complemented the Ensembl project by utilizing the same visualization, interactive and programming tools to provide users with a means for accessing genome data from a further five domains: protists, bacteria, metazoa, plants and fungi. The Ensembl and Ensembl Genomes BioMarts provide a point of access to the high-quality gene annotation, variation data, functional and regulatory annotation and evolutionary relationships from genomes spanning the taxonomic space. This article aims to give a comprehensive overview of the Ensembl and Ensembl Genomes BioMarts as well as some useful examples and a description of current data content and future objectives. Database URLs: http://www.ensembl.org/biomart/martview/; http://metazoa.ensembl.org/biomart/martview/; http://plants.ensembl.org/biomart/martview/; http://protists.ensembl.org/biomart/martview/; http://fungi.ensembl.org/biomart/martview/; http://bacteria.ensembl.org/biomart/martview/.
authors.affiliation: European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SD, UK. rhoda@ebi.ac.uk
authors.forename: Rhoda J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Kinsella
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kähäri
authors.forename: Syed
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Haider
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zamora
authors.forename: Glenn
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Proctor
authors.forename: Giulietta
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Spudich
authors.forename: Jeff
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Almeida-King
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Staines
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Derwent
authors.forename: Arnaud
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kerhornou
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kersey
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Flicek
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000235:genetics; D002965:Classification / Q000379:methods*; D019295:Computational Biology; D030541:Databases, Genetic; D016678:Genome / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods*; D016366:Open Reading Frames / Q000235:genetics; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide / Q000235:genetics; D057386:Search Engine