title: InsectBase: a resource for insect genomes and transcriptomes.
abstract: The genomes and transcriptomes of hundreds of insects have been sequenced. However, insect community lacks an integrated, up-to-date collection of insect gene data. Here, we introduce the first release of InsectBase, available online at http://www.insect-genome.com. The database encompasses 138 insect genomes, 116 insect transcriptomes, 61 insect gene sets, 36 gene families of 60 insects, 7544 miRNAs of 69 insects, 96,925 piRNAs of Drosophila melanogaster and Chilo suppressalis, 2439 lncRNA of Nilaparvata lugens, 22,536 pathways of 78 insects, 678,881 untranslated regions (UTR) of 84 insects and 160,905 coding sequences (CDS) of 70 insects. This release contains over 12 million sequences and provides search functionality, a BLAST server, GBrowse, insect pathway construction, a Facebook-like network for the insect community (iFacebook), and phylogenetic analysis of selected genes.
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Agriculture, Key Lab of Agricultural Entomology and Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou 310058, China Department of Entomology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
authors.forename: Chuanlin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.affiliation: Library of Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
authors.forename: Gengyu
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Agriculture, Key Lab of Agricultural Entomology and Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou 310058, China Department of Entomology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
authors.forename: Dianhao
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: Technical Center for Animal Plant and Food Inspection and Quarantine, Shanghai Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, Shanghai 200135, China.
authors.forename: Shuping
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
authors.forename: Xingzhou
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China Department of City Construction, Shaoyang University, Shaoyang 422000, China.
authors.forename: Huamei
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.affiliation: College of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095 Jiangsu, China.
authors.forename: Jinding
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China Hubei Insect Resources Utilization and Sustainable Pest Management Key Laboratory, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, China.
authors.forename: Zan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: College of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095 Jiangsu, China.
authors.forename: Yiqun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
authors.forename: Kaixiang
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: College of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095 Jiangsu, China.
authors.forename: Shuiqing
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Agriculture, Key Lab of Agricultural Entomology and Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou 310058, China lifei18@zju.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Fei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D030541:Databases, Genetic; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D017344:Genes, Insect; D049750:Genome, Insect; D023281:Genomics; D007313:Insecta / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012984:Software