PomBase: a comprehensive online resource for fission yeast.
PomBase (www.pombase.org) is a new model organism database established to provide access to comprehensive, accurate, and up-to-date molecular data and biological information for the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe to effectively support both exploratory and hypothesis-driven research. PomBase encompasses annotation of genomic sequence and features, comprehensive manual literature curation and genome-wide data sets, and supports sophisticated user-defined queries. The implementation of PomBase integrates a Chado relational database that houses manually curated data with Ensembl software that supports sequence-based annotation and web access. PomBase will provide user-friendly tools to promote curation by experts within the fission yeast community. This will make a key contribution to shaping its content and ensuring its comprehensiveness and long-term relevance.
Cambridge Systems Biology Centre, Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Sanger Building, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK. vw253@cam.ac.uk
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Midori A
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Harris
Mark D
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McDowall
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Rutherford
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Staines
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Aslett
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Bähler
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D030541:Databases, Genetic; D016681:Genome, Fungal; D023281:Genomics; D020407:Internet; D058977:Molecular Sequence Annotation; D010641:Phenotype; D012568:Schizosaccharomyces / Q000235:genetics*