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THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented on March 27, 2013. A manual generated database for alternative exons and their properties from numerous species - the data is gathered from literature where these exons have been experimentally verified. Most alternative exons are cassette exons and are expressed in more than two tissues. Of all exons whose expression was reported to be specific for a certain tissue, the majority were expressed in the brain. At the moment, AEdb products that are available are sequence (a database of alternative exons), function (a database of functions attributed to constitutive and alternative exon), regulatory sequence (a database of transcript regulatory motifs), minigenes (a table of minigenes and their associations to splicing events), and diseases (a table of diseases associated with splicing and their associations to AltSplice). Alternative splicing is an important regulatory mechanism of mammalian gene expression. The alternative splicing database (ASD) consortium is systematically collecting and annotating data on alternative splicing. The continuation and upgrade of the ASD consists of computationally and manually generated data. Its largest parts are AltSplice, a value-added database of computationally delineated alternative splicing events. Its data include alternatively spliced introns/exons, events, isoform splicing patterns and isoform peptide sequences. AltSplice data are generated by examining gene-transcript alignments. The data are annotated for various biological features including splicing signals, expression states, (SNP)-mediated splicing and cross-species conservation. AEdb forms the manually curated component of ASD. It is a literature-based data set containing sequence and properties of alternatively spliced exons, functional enumeration of observed splicing events, characterization of observed splicing regulatory elements, and a collection of experimentally clarified minigene constructs.

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Western Sydney University is one of Australia's leading institutions. Ranked in the top 400 in the world.

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The Sanger Institute and the Genome Sequencing Center at the Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis have collaborated to sequence the genomes of both C. elegans and C. briggsae. The completed C. elegans genome sequence is represented by over 3,000 individual clone sequences which can be accessed through this site (or through WormBase). These sequences are submitted to EMBL whenever the sequence or annotation changes (e.g. modification to gene structures) and these submissions are then mirrored to GenBank and DDBJ. These sequences (along with ESTs and proteins) can be searched on our C. elegans BLAST server. WormBase is the repository of mapping, sequencing and phenotypic information for C. elegans. The worm informatics group at the Sanger Institute play a key role in assembling the whole database. They also curate and develop some of the constituent databases that comprise WormBase.

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THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented May 10, 2017. A pilot effort that has developed a centralized, web-based biospecimen locator that presents biospecimens collected and stored at participating Arizona hospitals and biospecimen banks, which are available for acquisition and use by researchers. Researchers may use this site to browse, search and request biospecimens to use in qualified studies. The development of the ABL was guided by the Arizona Biospecimen Consortium (ABC), a consortium of hospitals and medical centers in the Phoenix area, and is now being piloted by this Consortium under the direction of ABRC. You may browse by type (cells, fluid, molecular, tissue) or disease. Common data elements decided by the ABC Standards Committee, based on data elements on the National Cancer Institute''s (NCI''s) Common Biorepository Model (CBM), are displayed. These describe the minimum set of data elements that the NCI determined were most important for a researcher to see about a biospecimen. The ABL currently does not display information on whether or not clinical data is available to accompany the biospecimens. However, a requester has the ability to solicit clinical data in the request. Once a request is approved, the biospecimen provider will contact the requester to discuss the request (and the requester''s questions) before finalizing the invoice and shipment. The ABL is available to the public to browse. In order to request biospecimens from the ABL, the researcher will be required to submit the requested required information. Upon submission of the information, shipment of the requested biospecimen(s) will be dependent on the scientific and institutional review approval. Account required. Registration is open to everyone., documented August 23, 2016. The Human Papillomaviruses Database collects, curates, analyzes, and publishes genetic sequences of papillomaviruses and related cellular proteins. It includes molecular biologists, sequence analysts, computer technicians, post-docs and graduate research assistants. This Web site has two main branches. The first contains our four annual data books of papillomavirus information, called Human Papillomaviruses: A Compilation and Analysis of Nucleic Acid and Amino Acid Sequences. and the second contains papillomavirus genetic sequence data. There is also a New Items location where we store the latest changes to the database or any other current news of interest. Besides the compendium, we also provide genetic sequence information for papilloma viruses and related cellular proteins. Each year they publish a compendium of papillomavirus information called Human Papillomaviruses: A Compilation and Analysis of Nucleic Acid and Amino Acid Sequences. which can now be downloaded from this Web site.

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The objective of this project is to develop physical maps of the sorghum and rice genomes, based on BAC contigs that are cross-linked to each other and also to genetic maps and BAC islands for other large-genome crops and a library of ca. 50,000 expressed-sequence tags (EST''s) and corresponding cDNA clones, from diverse sorghum organs and developmental states. It also aims to improve understanding of genetic diversity and allelic richness that might be harbored ex situ (in gene banks) or in situ (in nature), and refine techniques for assesing allelic richness and Expedite data acquisition and utilization by a sound parnership between laboratory scientists and computational biologists. Specific goals of developing physical maps of sorghum and rice genomes include: -Enrich cross-links between sorghum and rice by mapping additional rice probes on sorghum. -Apply mapped DNA probes to macroarrays of sorghum, sugarcane, rice, and maize BACs. -Fingerprint 10x BAC libraries of Sorghum bicolor and S. propinquum. Libraries presently 3x and 6x respectively, to be expanded to 10x each. -Use fragment-matching (BAC-RF) method to determine locus-specificity in polyploids. - Contig assembly based on 1-3, plus rice BAC fingerprints generated under a separate Novartis project. -Evaluate methodology for rapid high-throughput assignment of new ESTs to BACs. -Conduct genomic sequencing in a region duplicated in both sorghum and arabidopsis. Selected BACs from sorghum(2), sugarcane, maize, rice, wheat. By improving the understanding of genetic diversity and allelic richness, the goal is to: -Sequence previously mapped sorghum DNA probes. -Discover & characterize 100 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) from cDNA markers. -Develop colorimetric high-throughput genotyping assays, and utilize to assess genetic diversity in geographically- and phenotypically-diverse sorghums. -Develop colorimetric high-throughput asssays for identifying phytochrome allelic variation, and apply these assays to a core collection representing a large set of genetic resources. -Support informatics group to streamline cataloging of DNA-level information relevant to large genetic resources collections. Lastly, the goals of expediting data acquisition and utilization include: -A new web-based resource for 3D-integration and visualization of structural and functional genomic data will be developed. -New sequence assembly and alignment software SABER (Sequence AssemBly in the presence of ERror), and PRIMAL(Practical RIgorous Multiple ALignment), will be evaluated with reference to existing standards (PHRED, PHRAP). -Specialized image processing and image analysis tools will be developed for acquistion and interpretation of qualitative and quantitative hybridization signals. To deal expeditiously with large volumes of data, parallel processing approaches will be investigated. Sponsors: * National Science Foundation (NSF) * National Sorghum Producers * University of Georgia Research Foundation (UGARF) * Georgia Research Alliance (GRA)

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THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented August 23, 2016. This page contains a list of websites relating to sheep gene mapping. Users may chose from the list to view any desired webpage. The website also contains information on sheep maps, sheep markers, map comparisons, experiments, DNA tests, and other genome sites.

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Database and resources on the pig genome.

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This website contains information about the genomic sequence of parasites. It also contains multiple search engines to search six frame translations of parasite nucleotide databases for motifs, parasite protein databases for motifs, and parasite protein databases for keywords and text terms. * Guide to Internet Access to Parasite Genome Information * Guide to web-based analysis tools * Parasite Genome BLAST Server: Search a range of parasite specific nucleotide sequence databases with your own sequence. * Parasite Proteome Keyword Search Facility: Search parasite protein databases for keywords and text terms * Parasite Proteome Motif Search Facility: Search parasite protein databases for motifs * Parasite Six Frame Translation Motif Search Facility: Search six frame translations of parasite nucleotide databases for motifs * Genome computing resources: A list of ftp and gopher sites where genome computing applications and other resources can be found.

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The Daphnia Genomics Consortium (DGC) is an international network of investigators committed to mounting the freshwater crustacean Daphnia as a model system for ecology, evolution and the environmental sciences. Along with research activities, the DGC is: (1) coordinating efforts towards developing the Daphnia genomic toolbox, which will then be available for use by the general community; (2) facilitating collaborative cross-disciplinary investigations; (3) developing bioinformatic strategies for organizing the rapidly growing genome database; and (4) exploring emerging technologies to improve high throughput analyses of molecular and ecological samples. If we are to succeed in creating a new model system for modern life-sciences research, it will need to be a community-wide effort. Research activities of the DGC are primarily focused on creating genomic tools and information. When completed, the current projects will offer a first view of the Daphnia genome''s topography, including regions of high and low recombination, the distribution of transposable, repetitive and regulatory elements, the size and structure of genes and of their neighborhoods. This information is crucial in formulating testable hypotheses relating genetics and demographics to the evolutionary potential or constraints of natural populations. Projects aiming to compile identifiable genes with their function are also underway, together with robust methods to verify these findings. Finally, these tools are being tested, by exploring their uses in key ecological and toxicological investigations. Each project benefits from the leadership and expertise of many individuals. For further details, begin by contacting the project directors. The DGC consists of biologists from a broad spectrum of subdisciplines, including limnology, ecotoxicology, quantitative and population genetics, systematics, molecular biology and evolution, developmental biology, genomics and bioinformatics. In many regards, the rapid early success of the consortium results from its grass-roots origin promoting an international composition, under a cooperative model, with significant scientific breadth. We hold to this approach in building this network and encourage more people to participate. All the while, the DGC is structured to effectively reach specific goals. The consortium includes an advisory board (composed of experts of the various subdisciplines), whose responsibility is to act as the research community''s agent in guiding the development of Daphnia genomic resources. The advisors communicate directly to DGC members, who are either contributing genomic tools or actively seeking funds for this function. The consortium''s main body (given the widespread interest in applying genomic tools in environmental studies) are the affiliates, who make use of these tools for their research and who are soliciting support.

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This website contains the mapping sequence of poultry. The ArkDB database system aims to provide a comprehensive public repository for genome mapping data from farmed and other animal species. In doing so, it aims to provide a route in to genomic and other sequence from the initial viewpoint of linkage mapping, RH mapping, physical mapping or - possibly more importantly - QTL mapping data. It's supported, in part, by the USDA-CSREES National Animal Genome Research Program in order to serve the poultry genome mapping community. This system represents a complete rewrite of the original version with the code migrated to java and the underlying database targeted at postgres (although any standards-compliant database engine should suffice). The initial release records details of maps and the markers that they contain. There are alternative entry points that target either a chromosome or a specific mapping analysis as the starting point. Limited relationships between markers are recorded and displayed. As with the previous version, all maps are drawn using data extracted from the database on the fly.

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THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented on July 16, 2013. The objective of the project is the standardization of micro-satellite markers used within participating laboratories, use of DNA markers to define genetic diversity and to enable monitoring of breeds to promote conservation programs where required, and the determination of diversity present in rare and local breeds across Europe. The blood typing laboratories are now beginning to use micro-satellite markers as an alternative to serology for parentage verification, and are selecting a common set to be used from the several hundred micro-satellite markers available that cover the bovine genome, produced as part of the Bovine genome mapping project (See BovMaP). Work with micro-satellite markers has shown that they are valuable tools for examining genetic diversity and phylogeny in many species. However, for work carried out in different laboratories to be comparable, it is essential that the same markers are used. To maintain the compatibility of data generated by the various typing labs, it is essential that all laboratories adopt the same markers and typing protocols. It is therefore of paramount importance that the blood typing laboratories and research labs that are examining the genetic structure of the cattle populations adopt a common panel of the best micro-satellite markers available. Some pilot comparative work has been undertaken through the International Society for Animal Genetics, but so far this has only involved the blood typing laboratories. One objective of this project is to facilitate the comparison of the micro-satellite markers currently in use in the different types of laboratory and determine the efficiency of the markers available in revealing genetic differences within and among breeds. It will also be important to compare the use of markers in different laboratories to determine how robust they are and how easily results can be compared. From comparison of the markers, those that are most suitable will be selected to form a panel which will be recommended for pedigree validation and genetic surveys. Cattle are an important source of food in Europe, and intense selection has resulted in the development of specialized breeds. Selection for high-producing dairy cattle has been successful, but one associated drawback is that the cattle population, both in Europe and North America, has been skewed dramatically towards one breed, the Holstein/Friesian. So there has been a decline in the number of individuals of other breeds, and hence a general erosion of the genetic base of the cattle population. The progressive move towards the North American-type Holstein animals has also resulted in the requirement for high input/high output farming and intensive management schemes. The impact of this on the environment has been significant, e.g. pollution problems arising from the need for high nitrogen fertilizers to produce sufficient high quality fodder, and disposal problems associated with slurry waste. Poorer areas of the community have been unable to compete with such farming systems, and are more suited to low input/low output farming using traditional stock. It is however the future perspective that is of greatest concern. It is impossible to predict requirements for cattle production - quality, production type, management systems, etc. The ability to switch rapidly to alternative production will be dependent on the genetic base of the population available to selection programs. It is therefore essential to maintain the greatest genetic diversity possible in the cattle population. Whilst current farming practices are perceived to be both efficient and acceptable, the breeds less favored by commercial farmers will dwindle. It is therefore important that on an European scale efficient management of these breeds maintains the widest genetic base possible. This project aims to carry out a survey of the current genetic base of the European cattle population and to provide the tools to assist breeding programs to maintain a broad base. The blood typing laboratories are now beginning to use micro-satellite markers as an alternative to serology for parentage verification, and are selecting a common set to be used from the several hundred micro-satellite markers available that cover the bovine genome, produced as part of the Bovine genome mapping project. Early work to measure genetic diversity used blood groups to show differences between breeds and the diversity present. Unfortunately, the number of loci available are limited, with only the B system being sufficiently polymorphic to be really useful. However, since there is a wealth of information available from such typing, this information can be used to estimate changes in the genetic structure of cattle populations across Europe over the past twenty years. More recently mini-satellite probes have been used to generate ''genetic fingerprints'' which have been used to show differences between individuals. Such fingerprints have been used to estimate genetic diversity - the greater the number of bands revealed by the fingerprint being equated with greater diversity. This is valid within limits. The main disadvantage of the fingerprint approach is that the chromosomal location and number of loci being sampled, and so the proportion of the genome examined, is unknown. The allelic bands on the gel cannot be easily identified, so allele inheritance cannot be addressed making it impossible to trace ancestry. Through the EC funded BovMaP project, large numbers of highly polymorphic micro-satellite markers have become available, which are being mapped on the bovine genome. These markers are particularly suited to measuring genetic diversity, and markers can be selected to cover the entire genome.

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THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented August 22, 2016. Database containing information on the cattle genome comprising loci list, phenes list, homology query, cattle maps, gene list, and chromosome homology. The objective of BovMap is to develop a set of anchored loci for the cattle genome map. In total, 58 clones were hybridized with chromosomes and identified loci on 22 of the 31 different bovine chromosomes. Three clones contained satellite DNA. Two or more markers were placed on 12 chromosomes. Sequencing of the microsatellites and flanking regions was performed directly from 43 cosmids, as previously reported. Primers were developed for 39 markers and used to describe the polymorphism associated with the corresponding loci. Users are also allowed to summit their own data for Bovmap. An integrated cytogenetic and meiotic map of the bovine genome has also been developed around the Bovmap database. One objective that Bovmap uses as the mapping strategy for the bovine genome uses large insert clones as a tool for physical mapping and as a source of highly polymorphic microsatellites for genetic typing.

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THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented on July 16, 2013. This website contains information about the mapping of the caprine genome. It contains loci list, phenes list, cartography, gene list, and other sequence information about goats. This website contains 731 loci, 271 genes, and 1909 homologue loci on 112 species. It also allows users to summit their own data for Goatmap. ARK-Genomics is not-for-profit and has collaborators from all over the world with an interest in farm animal genomics and genetics. ARK-Genomics was initially set up in 2000 with a grant awarded from the BBSRC IGF (Investigating Gene Function) initiative and from core resources of the Roslin Institute to provide a laboratory for automated analysis of gene expression using state-of-the-art genomic facilities. Since then, ARK-Genomics has expanded considerably, building up considerable expertise and resources.

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The Fungal Genetics Stock Center is a resource available to the Fungal Genetics research community and to educational and research organizations in general. While some fungi can cause disease in humans, most people have innate immunity against fungi. Some people with diseases of the immune system are at increased risk of infection by fungi. Drugs have been developed in the last 5 years that help with this. Fungal Genetics is the study of genes and genetic traits in fungi. In the past this has been important in the elucidation of what a gene is, what the genetic material is, how genes relate to enzymes, how enzymes relate to traits and how important traits change or evolve. In the present, Fungal Genetics is important to understanding how fungi are pathogens of plants and animals, how fungi can be used in industry for the production of enzymes, chemicals, food, and drugs. Fungi are also essential to processing bio-mass in the attempt to use ethanol as a fuel source. The FGSC is funded largely by a grant from the National Science Foundation (Award Number 0235887) of the United States of America. Sponsors: Supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation.

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This website is intended to be the definitive source of information on the bovine major histocompatibility complex - its genes, proteins and polymorphism. Its purpose is to collate data on the Bovine Leucocyte Antigens (BoLA) and provide a forum for the analysis and nomenclature of polymorphisms in the genes and proteins of the bovine MHC. The BoLA nomenclature committee is a standing committee of the International Society for Animal Genetics. Its purpose is to collate data on the Bovine Leucocyte Antigens (BoLA) and provide a forum for the analysis and nomenclature of polymorphisms in the genes and proteins of the bovine MHC. The information gathered here is based on the BoLA workshop reports, which are published in Animal Genetics and the European Journal of Immunogenetics. The workshop report data are reproduced with the permission of the publishers Blackwell Science, and other text on the site is used with the permission of CRC Press.

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This website includes a list of projects that the Sanger Institute is currently working on or completed. All projects consist of the genomic sequencing of different bacteria. Each description of the bacteria includes its classification, a description, and the types of diseases that the bacteria is likely to cause. The Sanger Institute bacterial sequencing effort is concentrated on pathogens and model organisms. Data is accessible in a number of ways; for each organism there is a BLAST server, allowing users to search the sequences with their own query and retrieve the matching contigs. Sequences can also be downloaded directly by FTP. Data is accessible in a number of ways; for each organism there is a BLAST server, allowing you to search the sequences with your own query and retrieve the matching contigs. Sequences can also be downloaded directly by FTP. The primary sequence viewer and annotation tool, Artemis is available for download. This is a portable Java program which is used extensively within the Microbial Genomes group for the analysis and annotation of sequence data from cosmids to whole genomes. The Artemis Comparison Tool (ACT) is also useful for interactive viewing of the comparisons between large and small sequences.