Resource Report

URL: http://tritrypdb.org/tritrypdb/

Proper Citation: TriTrypDB (RRID:SCR_007043)

Description: An integrated genomic and functional genomic database providing access to genome-scale datasets for kinetoplastid parasites, and supporting a variety of complex queries driven by research and development needs. Currently, TriTrypDB integrates datasets from Leishmania braziliensis, L. infantum, L. major, L. tarentolae, Trypanosoma brucei and T. cruzi. Users may examine individual genes or chromosomal spans in their genomic context, including syntenic alignments with other kinetoplastid organisms. Data within TriTrypDB can be interrogated utilizing a sophisticated search strategy system that enables a user to construct complex queries combining multiple data types. All search strategies are stored, allowing future access and integrated searches. ''''User Comments'''' may be added to any gene page, enhancing available annotation; such comments become immediately searchable via the text search, and are forwarded to curators for incorporation into the reference annotation when appropriate. TriTrypDB provides programmatic access to its searches, via REST Web Services. The result of a web service request is a list of records (genes, ESTs, etc) in either XML or JSON format. REST services can be executed in a browser by typing a specific URL. TriTrypDB and its continued development are possible through the collaborative efforts between EuPathDB, GeneDB and colleagues at the Seattle Biomedical Research Institute (SBRI).

Abbreviations: TriTrypDB

Resource Type: database, software resource, data analysis service, data or information resource, web service, service resource, analysis service resource, data access protocol, production service resource

Defining Citation: PMID:19843604

Keywords: kinetoplastid parasite, pathogen, genome, gene chromosome, annotation, trypanosomatidae, parasite, blast, bio.tools, FASEB list