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SCHISTODB: AN UPDATED GENOME RESOURCE FOR THE THREE KEY SCHISTOSOMES OF HUMANS
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisa Rene Rachou. Centro de Excelência em Bioinformática. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil / Instituto National de Ciência e Tecnologia em Doenças Tropicais. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil / Embrapa Informática Agropecuária. Laboratório Multiusuário de Bioinformática. Campinas, SP, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisa Rene Rachou. Centro de Excelência em Bioinformática. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil / Instituto National de Ciência e Tecnologia em Doenças Tropicais. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
Shanghai Center for Bioinformation Technology. Shanghai, China.
School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology. Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Shanghai, China.
Shanghai Center for Bioinformation Technology. Shanghai, China/School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology. Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Shanghai, China.
Faculty of Veterinary Science. University of Melbourne. Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Faculty of Veterinary Science. University of Melbourne. Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. Wellcome Trust Genome Campus. Hinxton, Cambridge, UK, 7 Department of Biology. University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA.
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. Wellcome Trust Genome Campus. Hinxton, Cambridge, UK, 7 Department of Biology. University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA.
Department of Biology. University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA.
Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases. University of Georgia. GA, USA.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisa Rene Rachou. Centro de Excelência em Bioinformática. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil / Instituto National de Ciência e Tecnologia em Doenças Tropicais. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisa Rene Rachou. Centro de Excelência em Bioinformática. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil / Instituto National de Ciência e Tecnologia em Doenças Tropicais. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
Shanghai Center for Bioinformation Technology. Shanghai, China.
School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology. Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Shanghai, China.
Shanghai Center for Bioinformation Technology. Shanghai, China/School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology. Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Shanghai, China.
Faculty of Veterinary Science. University of Melbourne. Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Faculty of Veterinary Science. University of Melbourne. Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. Wellcome Trust Genome Campus. Hinxton, Cambridge, UK, 7 Department of Biology. University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA.
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. Wellcome Trust Genome Campus. Hinxton, Cambridge, UK, 7 Department of Biology. University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA.
Department of Biology. University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA.
Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases. University of Georgia. GA, USA.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisa Rene Rachou. Centro de Excelência em Bioinformática. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil / Instituto National de Ciência e Tecnologia em Doenças Tropicais. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
Abstract
The new release of SchistoDB (http://SchistoDB.net) provides a rich resource of genomic data for key blood flukes (genus Schistosoma) which cause disease in hundreds of millions of people worldwide. SchistoDB integrates whole-genome sequence and annotation of three species of the genus and provides enhanced bioinformatics analyses and data-mining tools. A simple, yet comprehensive web interface provided through the Strategies Web Development Kit is available for the mining and visualization of the data. Genomic scale data can be queried based on BLAST searches, annotation keywords and gene ID searches, gene ontology terms, sequence motifs, protein characteristics and phylogenetic relationships. Search strategies can be saved within a user’s profile for future retrieval and may also be shared with other researchers using a unique web address.
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