2. WHAT IS A GENOME?
Organism’s whole hereditary information
includes both the genes and the non-
coding sequences of the DNA
complete DNA sequence of one set of
chromosomes.
term was coined in 1920 by Hans Winkler
3. SOME GENOME DBs
Human
OMIM (Mendelian Inheritance in Man)
GDB(Human Genome Data Base)
TIGR database
Genethon database
4. Cont,
Plant
USDA/ARS/National Agricultural Library Plant Genome Data
(NAL) National Agricultural Library; Plant Genomes
AAtDB browse An Arabidopsis thaliana genome database at NAL - query
AAtDB at Harvard U. - Search
Arabidopsis Expressed Sequence Tags (EST's)
Arabidopsis Information Management System (AIMS)
U. Minnesota Arabidopsis cDNA sequencing Project
Alfagenes browse Alfalfa genome database at NAL query
BeanRef
BeanGenes browse Bean genome database at NAL query
5. ChlamyDB browse Chlamydomonas database at NAL query
CottonDB browse Gossypium sp. database at NAL query
GrainGenes browse query
MaizeDB browse Maize genome database at NAL query
MaizeDB Maize Genome Database
RiceGenes browse Rice genome database at NAL query
Japan Rice Genome Research Program (RGP)
SorghumDB browse Sorghum bicolor database at NAL query
SoyBase browse Soybean genome database at NAL query
TreeGenes browse Forest trees database at NAL query
Mendel browse Plant-wide gene names database at NAL query
6. Drosophila
Drosophila database
FlyDB
Carthew Drosophila Lab
Nagoshi Lab Home Page (Drosophila)
FlyView - A Drosophila Image Database
Other Insects
National Insect Genetic Resources
Sericultural Science, the University of Tokyo
7. Fungal
Mycology at Cornell
Saccharomyces genomic database
LISTA A Compilation of Sequences from Saccharomyces
Yeast Protein Database (YPD)
MycDB Mycobacterium Database
MycDB browse at NAL query
Candida albicans
FGSC Fungal Genetics Stock Center
Eschericia coli
EcoCyc: Encyclopedia of E. coli Genes and Metabolism
ECDC (E. coli Database Collection)
Other Prokaryotes
Normalized Gene Designation Database (NGDD)
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11. Ensembl
Contains all the human genome DNA
sequences currently available in the public
domain.
Automated annotation: by using different
software tools, features are identified in the
DNA sequences:
Genes (known or predicted)
Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)
Repeats
Homologies
Created and maintained by the EBI and the
Sanger Center (UK)
www.ensembl.org