Abstract
FlyBase (http://flybase.bio.indiana.edu/) provides an integrated view of the fundamental genomic and genetic data on the major genetic model Drosophila melanogaster and related species. FlyBase has primary responsibility for the continual reannotation of the D. melanogaster genome. The ultimate goal of the reannotation effort is to decorate the euchromatic sequence of the genome with as much biological information as is available from the community and from the major genome project centers. A complete revision of the annotations of the now-finished euchromatic genomic sequence has been completed. There are many points of entry to the genome within FlyBase, most notably through maps, gene products and ontologies, structured phenotypic and gene expression data, and anatomy.
Keywords
BiologyGenomeDrosophila melanogasterEuchromatinGeneticsGenome projectComputational biologyGeneWhole genome sequencingMelanogasterENCODEHeterochromatinChromatin
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(2003).
The FlyBase database of the Drosophila genome projects and community literature.
Nucleic Acids Research
, 31
(1)
, 172-175.
https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkg094
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- 10.1093/nar/gkg094