The document discusses various types of biological databases including sequence databases, structure databases, genome databases, and model organism databases. It provides examples of nucleotide databases like Genbank, DDBJ, EMBL-EBI, and TIGR. Genome browsers like UCSC Genome Browser, Ensembl browser, and Integrated Genome Browser are also mentioned. Other topics covered include the Encyclopedia of Life, India Biodiversity, Barcode of Life, data retrieval schemes, bibliographic databases, and database journals.
2. Biological databases
◦ MetaBase ( A database of Biological databases)
◦ http://metadatabase.org/
Bibliographic databases
Chemical databases
Numerous other databases.
Types of Databases
3. Sequence databases.
◦ Nucleotide
◦ Protein
Structure Databases.
Genome databases.
Transcriptome databases
Model organism databases.
◦ PlasmoDB, TAIR, FlyBase etc.
Biological Databases
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_biological_databases
4. NA and protein databases.
Animal and plant databases
Ensembl Genome project
TIGR Database.
Biotechnological databases
Database for species identification and
classification
Database retrieval and deposition schemes
Literature search databases
Topics To be taught
20. The Bar Code of Life (BOLD Systems)
International Barcode of Life Projects
V3 is released: V2 will be maintained till 2012 Dec.
Data Portal; Barcode Cluster; Data Collection
21. Animal Identification
◦ COI (cytochrome C oxidase subunit 1)
Fungi Identification
◦ (ITS – internal transcribed spacer)
Plant Identification
◦ Rbcl (ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase)
◦ Mat k (maturase k)
25. Data Retrieval and deposition
schemes
•NCBI-eutilities
http://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/esearch.fcgi?db=pubmed
&term=cancer&reldate=60&datetype=edat&retmax=100&usehistory=
y
http://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/esearch.fcgi?db=nucleoti
de&term=biomol+trna[prop]
http://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/esearch.fcgi?db=protein
&term=70000:90000[molecular+weight]
http://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/esummary.fcgi?db=struc
ture&id=19923,12120
Ref:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK25499/#chapter4.ESearch
26. Data Retrieval and deposition
schemes
BankIt : Single or a simple group of sequences: web based
Sequin : Simple to complex submission ; < 10,000 sequences
Tbl2Asn : Template File; Sequence file; Feature Table
27. PUBMED
◦ 22.1 million records
◦ eTBLAST
CABI
SCOPUS
Google Scholar
Bibliographic databases