THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented on 8/12/13. An expanded version of the Alternative Splicing Annotation Project (ASAP) database with a new interface and integration of comparative features using UCSC BLASTZ multiple alignments. It supports 9 vertebrate species, 4 insects, and nematodes, and provides with extensive alternative splicing analysis and their splicing variants. As for human alternative splicing data, newly added EST libraries were classified and included into previous tissue and cancer classification, and lists of tissue and cancer (normal) specific alternatively spliced genes are re-calculated and updated. They have created a novel orthologous exon and intron databases and their splice variants based on multiple alignment among several species. These orthologous exon and intron database can give more comprehensive homologous gene information than protein similarity based method. Furthermore, splice junction and exon identity among species can be valuable resources to elucidate species-specific genes. ASAP II database can be easily integrated with pygr (unpublished, the Python Graph Database Framework for Bioinformatics) and its powerful features such as graph query, multi-genome alignment query and etc. ASAP II can be searched by several different criteria such as gene symbol, gene name and ID (UniGene, GenBank etc.). The web interface provides 7 different kinds of views: (I) user query, UniGene annotation, orthologous genes and genome browsers; (II) genome alignment; (III) exons and orthologous exons; (IV) introns and orthologous introns; (V) alternative splicing; (IV) isoform and protein sequences; (VII) tissue and cancer vs. normal specificity. ASAP II shows genome alignments of isoforms, exons, and introns in UCSC-like genome browser. All alternative splicing relationships with supporting evidence information, types of alternative splicing patterns, and inclusion rate for skipped exons are listed in separate tables. Users can also search human data for tissue- and cancer-specific splice forms at the bottom of the gene summary page. The p-values for tissue-specificity as log-odds (LOD) scores, and highlight the results for LOD >= 3 and at least 3 EST sequences are all also reported.
A named entity recognizer for the recovery of bioinformatics databases and software from primary literature. The entity recognizer achieved an F-measure of between 63% and 91% on different datasets (63%78% at the document level). Results from full-text literature analysis for both Genome Biology and BMC Bioinformatics journals are available as well as a full list of references and links for the various major resources mentioned. Data generated data can be used for exploration of bioinformatics database and software usage. This tool makes heavy use of GATE (version 6.1). It can be run in sandbox mode, which means a installation of GATE is not a prerequisite, but you will instead need to point the config to a unzipped gate_plugins directory instead (located in the bin/BMC_Files directory).
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Public archive providing a comprehensive record of the world''''s nucleotide sequencing information, covering raw sequencing data, sequence assembly information and functional annotation. All submitted data, once public, will be exchanged with the NCBI and DDBJ as part of the INSDC data exchange agreement. The European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) captures and presents information relating to experimental workflows that are based around nucleotide sequencing. A typical workflow includes the isolation and preparation of material for sequencing, a run of a sequencing machine in which sequencing data are produced and a subsequent bioinformatic analysis pipeline. ENA records this information in a data model that covers input information (sample, experimental setup, machine configuration), output machine data (sequence traces, reads and quality scores) and interpreted information (assembly, mapping, functional annotation). Data arrive at ENA from a variety of sources including submissions of raw data, assembled sequences and annotation from small-scale sequencing efforts, data provision from the major European sequencing centers and routine and comprehensive exchange with their partners in the International Nucleotide Sequence Database Collaboration (INSDC). Provision of nucleotide sequence data to ENA or its INSDC partners has become a central and mandatory step in the dissemination of research findings to the scientific community. ENA works with publishers of scientific literature and funding bodies to ensure compliance with these principles and to provide optimal submission systems and data access tools that work seamlessly with the published literature. ENA is made up of a number of distinct databases that includes the EMBL Nucleotide Sequence Database (Embl-Bank), the newly established Sequence Read Archive (SRA) and the Trace Archive. The main tool for downloading ENA data is the ENA Browser, which is available through REST URLs for easy programmatic use. All ENA data are available through the ENA Browser. Note: EMBL Nucleotide Sequence Database (EMBL-Bank) is entirely included within this resource.
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Comparisons of the accuracies (Acc), sensitivities (Sn) and positive predictive values (PPV) of FSA and other alignment methods on the BAliBASE 3 [24] and SABmark 1.65 [25] databases. Probalign has the highest accuracy on the commonly-used BAliBASE 3 dataset and FSA in default mode has superior accuracy on the BAliBASE 3+fp and SABmark 1.65 datasets (note that only FSA and AMAP explicitly attempt to maximize the expected accuracy). FSA has higher positive predictive values than any other program on all datasets and can additionally achieve high sensitivity when run in maximum-sensitivity mode. The BAliBASE 3+fp dataset, which mirrors BAliBASE 3 but includes a single non-homologous sequence in each alignment, was designed to test the robustness of alignment programs to incomplete homology. Traditional alignment programs, designed to maximize sensitivity, suffer greatly-increased mis-alignment when even a single non-homologous sequence is introduced; in contrast, FSA is robust to the non-homologous sequence and has an unchanged positive predictive value. Remarkably, FSA was the only tested program with a mis-alignment rate of
Supplementary material A.3 for the paper 'IDPredictor: predict database links in biomedical database'. Abstract: Knowledge found in biomedical databases, in particular in Web information systems, is a major bioinformatics resource. In general, this biological knowledge is worldwide represented in a network of databases. These data are spread among thousands of databases, which overlap in content, but differ substantially with respect to content detail, interface, formats and data structure. To support a functional annotation of lab data, such as protein sequences, metabolites or DNA sequences as well as a semi-automated data exploration in information retrieval environments an integrated view to databases is essential. Search engines have the potential of assisting in data retrieval from these structured sources, but fall short of providing a comprehensive knowledge excerpt out of the interlinked databases. A prerequisit for supporting the concept of an integrated data view is the to acquiring insights into cross-references among database entities. But only a fraction of all possible cross-references are explicitely tagged in the particular biomedical informations systems. In this work, we investigate to what extend an automated construction of an integrated data network is possible. We propose a method that predict and extracts cross-references from multiple life science databases and thier possible referenced data targets. We study the retrieval quality of our method and the relationship between manually crafted relevance ranking and relevance ranking based on cross-references, and report on first, promising results.
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According to Cognitive Market Research, the Global Bioinformatics Services Market Size will be USD XX Billion in 2023 and is set to achieve a market size of USD XX Billion by the end of 2031 growing at a CAGR of XX% from 2024 to 2031.
• The global Bioinformatics services Market will expand significantly by XX% CAGR between 2024 and 2031.
• Based on technology, Because of the growing number of platform applications and the need for improved tools for drug development, the bioinformatics platforms segment dominated the market.
• In terms of service type, The sequencing services segment held the largest share and is anticipated to grow over the coming years
• Based on application, The genomic segment dominated the bioinformatics market
• Based on End-user, academic institutes and research centers segment hold the largest share.
• Based on speciality segment, The medical bioinformatics segment holds the large share and is anticipated to expand at a substantial CAGR during the forecast period.
• The North America region accounted for the highest market share in the Global Bioinformatics Services Market. CURRENT SCENARIO OF THE BIOINFORMATICS SERVICES
Driving Factors of the Bioinformatics Services Market
Expansive uses of bioinformatics across multiple sectors is propelling the market's growth.
Several industries, such as the food, bioremediation, agriculture, forensics, and consumer industries, are also using bioinformatics services to improve the quality of their products and supply chain processes. Companies in a variety of sectors are rapidly utilizing bioinformatics services such as data integration, manipulation, lead generation, data management, in silico analysis, and advanced knowledge discovery.
• Bioinformatics Approaches in Food Sciences
In order to meet the needs of food production, food processing, enhancing the quality and nutritional content of food sources, and many other areas, bioinformatics plays a significant role in forecasting and evaluating the intended and undesired impacts of microorganisms on food, genomes, and proteomics research. Furthermore, bioinformatics techniques can be applied to produce crops with high yields and resistance to disease, among other desirable qualities. Additionally, there are numerous databases with information about food, including its components, nutritional value, chemistry, and biology.
Genome Canada is proud to partner with five Institutes where there are five funding pools within this opportunity and Genome Canada is partnering on the Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and Health Data Sciences pool. (Source:https://genomecanada.ca/genome-canada-partners-with-cihr-to-launch-health-research-training-platform-2024-25/)
• Bioinformatics in agriculture
Bioinformatics is becoming more and more crucial in the gathering, storing, and processing of genomic data in the field of agricultural genomics, or agri-genomics. Generally referred to as agri-informatics, some of the various applications of bioinformatics tools and methods in agriculture focus on improving plant resistance against biotic and abiotic stressors as well as enhancing the nutritional quality in depleted soils. Beyond these uses, computer software-assisted gene discovery has enabled researchers to create focused strategies for seed quality enhancement, incorporate extra micronutrients into plants for improved human health, and create plants with phytoremediation potential.
India/UK-based Agri-Genomics startup, Piatrika Biosystems has raised $1.2 Million in a seed round led by Ankur Capital. The company is bringing sustainable seeds and agri chemicals to market faster and cheaper. The investment will be used to build a strong Product Development team, also for more profound research, and to accelerate the productionising and commercialization of MVP. (Source:https://pressroom.icrisat.org/agri-genomics-startup-piatrika-biosystems-raises-12-million-in-seed-funding-led-by-ankur-capital)
This expansion in the application areas of bioinformatics services is likely to drive the overall market growth. Bioinformatics services such as data integration, manipulation, lead discovery, data management, in silico analysis, and advanced knowledge discovery are increasingly being adopted by companies across various industries.&...
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Markers database for PhyloSiftPhyloSift is a suite of software tools to conduct phylogenetic analysis of genomes and metagenomes.Using a reference database of protein sequences, PhyloSift can scan new sequences against that database for homologs and identify the phylogenetic relationship of the new sequence to the database sequences. During this procedure, high quality alignments of codon andamino acid sequence are generated.Software Download on GitHub: https://github.com/gjospin/PhyloSift
Database of curated links to molecular resources, tools and databases selected on the basis of recommendations from bioinformatics experts in the field. This resource relies on input from its community of bioinformatics users for suggestions. Starting in 2003, it has also started listing all links contained in the NAR Webserver issue. The different types of information available in this portal: * Computer Related: This category contains links to resources relating to programming languages often used in bioinformatics. Other tools of the trade, such as web development and database resources, are also included here. * Sequence Comparison: Tools and resources for the comparison of sequences including sequence similarity searching, alignment tools, and general comparative genomics resources. * DNA: This category contains links to useful resources for DNA sequence analyses such as tools for comparative sequence analysis and sequence assembly. Links to programs for sequence manipulation, primer design, and sequence retrieval and submission are also listed here. * Education: Links to information about the techniques, materials, people, places, and events of the greater bioinformatics community. Included are current news headlines, literature sources, educational material and links to bioinformatics courses and workshops. * Expression: Links to tools for predicting the expression, alternative splicing, and regulation of a gene sequence are found here. This section also contains links to databases, methods, and analysis tools for protein expression, SAGE, EST, and microarray data. * Human Genome: This section contains links to draft annotations of the human genome in addition to resources for sequence polymorphisms and genomics. Also included are links related to ethical discussions surrounding the study of the human genome. * Literature: Links to resources related to published literature, including tools to search for articles and through literature abstracts. Additional text mining resources, open access resources, and literature goldmines are also listed. * Model Organisms: Included in this category are links to resources for various model organisms ranging from mammals to microbes. These include databases and tools for genome scale analyses. * Other Molecules: Bioinformatics tools related to molecules other than DNA, RNA, and protein. This category will include resources for the bioinformatics of small molecules as well as for other biopolymers including carbohydrates and metabolites. * Protein: This category contains links to useful resources for protein sequence and structure analyses. Resources for phylogenetic analyses, prediction of protein features, and analyses of interactions are also found here. * RNA: Resources include links to sequence retrieval programs, structure prediction and visualization tools, motif search programs, and information on various functional RNAs.
Repository of sequenced antibodies, integrating curated information about antibody and its antigen with cross links to standardized databases of chemical and protein entities. Manually curated repository of sequenced antibodies, developed by Geneva Antibody Facility at University of Geneva, in collaboration with CALIPHO and Swiss Prot groups at SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics. Database provides list of sequenced antibodies with their known targets. Each antibody is assigned unique ID number that can be used in academic publications to increase reproducibility of experiments.
IntEnz (Integrated relational Enzyme database) is a freely available resource focused on enzyme nomenclature. IntEnz is created in collaboration with the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB). This collaboration is responsible for the production of the ENZYME resource. IntEnz contains the recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NC-IUBMB) on the nomenclature and classification of enzyme-catalysed reactions.
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These zipped tarballs (.tar.gz) contain pre-built databases for ReferenceSeeker (https://github.com/oschwengers/referenceseeker).
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MMseqs2 virus protein database decorated with ICTV taxonomy. Proteins originally retrieved from NCBI NR in 2022-05-19.
Steps for reproduction can be found at https://github.com/apcamargo/ictv-mmseqs2-protein-database
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This dataset contains INSDC sequences associated with host organisms. The dataset is prepared periodically using the public ENA API (https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/portal/api/) using the methods described below.
EMBL-EBI also publishes other records in separate datasets (https://www.gbif.org/publisher/ada9d123-ddb4-467d-8891-806ea8d94230).
The data was then processed as follows:
1. Human sequences were excluded.
2. For non-CONTIG records, the sample accession number (when available) along with the scientific name were used to identify sequence records corresponding to the same individuals (or group of organism of the same species in the same sample). Only one record was kept for each scientific name/sample accession number.
3. Contigs and whole genome shotgun (WGS) records were added individually.
4. The records that were missing some information were excluded. Only records associated with a specimen voucher or records containing both a location AND a date were kept.
5. The records associated with the same vouchers are aggregated together.
6. A lot of records left corresponded to individual sequences or reads corresponding to the same organisms. In practise, these were "duplicate" occurrence records that weren't filtered out in STEP 2 because the sample accession sample was missing. To identify those potential duplicates, we grouped all the remaining records by `scientific_name`, `collection_date`, `location`, `country`, `identified_by`, `collected_by` and `sample_accession` (when available). Then we excluded the groups that contained more than 50 records. The rationale behind the choice of threshold is explained here: https://github.com/gbif/embl-adapter/issues/10#issuecomment-855757978
7. To improve the matching of the EBI scientific name to the GBIF backbone taxonomy, we incorporated the ENA taxonomic information. The kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, and genus were obtained from the ENA taxonomy checklist available here: http://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/ena/taxonomy/sdwca.zip
More information available here: https://github.com/gbif/embl-adapter#readme
You can find the mapping used to format the EMBL data to Darwin Core Archive here: https://github.com/gbif/embl-adapter/blob/master/DATAMAPPING.md
Background: Viruses that infect prokaryotes (phages) constitute the most abundant group of biological agents, playing pivotal roles in microbial systems. They are known to impact microbial community dynamics, microbial ecology, and evolution. Efforts to document the diversity, host range, infection dynamics, and effects of bacteriophage infection on host cell metabolism are still at the surface level. Among phages, some adopt the lysogenic mode of infection, where the genome integrates into the host cell genome, forming a prophage. Prophages enable viral genome replication without host cell lysis and often contribute novel and beneficial traits to the host genome. Despite their importance, research on prophages is limited. Current phage research predominantly focuses on lytic phages, leaving a significant gap in knowledge regarding prophages, including their biology, diversity, and ecological roles. Results: To bridge this gap, the creation of Prophage-DB, a prophage database, aims to a..., , , # Prophage-DB: A comprehensive database to explore diversity, distribution, and ecology of prophages
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This dataset contains prophage sequences (available as .fna files) identified from prokaryotic genomes from three public databases (Genome Taxonomy Database (GTDB) (release 207), National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Reference Sequence (RefSeq) database (accessed March 2023), and Searchable Planetary-scale mIcrobiome REsource (SPIRE). The downloaded prokaryotic genomes from these databases contained both archaeal and bacterial representative genomes (SPIRE also included data from unknown hosts).Â
Prophage identification from downloaded representative genomes was carried out using VIBRANT (v1.2.1). We used the default arguments when using VIBRANT (minimum scaffold length requirement = 1000 base pairs, minimum number of open readings frames (ORFs, or proteins) per scaffold requi...
A database of oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes. Users can search by genes, chromosomes, and keywords. The coAnsensus domain analysis tool functions to identify conserved protein domains and GO terms among selected TAG genes, while the “oncogenic domain analysis” can analyze oncogenic potential of any user-provided protein based on a weighed term frequency table calculated from the TAG proteins. The completion of human genome sequences allows one to rapidly identify and analyze genes of interest through the use of computational approach. The available annotations including physical characterization and functional domains of known tumor-related genes thus can be used to study the role of genes involved in carcinogenesis. The tumor-associated gene (TAG) database was designed to utilize information from well-characterized oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes to facilitate cancer research. All target genes were identified through text-mining approach from the PubMed database. A semi-automatic information retrieving engine was built to collect specific information of these target genes from various resources and store in the TAG database. At current stage, 519 TAGs including 198 oncogenes, 170 tumor suppressor genes, and 151 genes related to oncogenesis were collected. Information collected in TAG database can be browsed through user-friendly web interfaces that provide searching genes by chromosome or by keywords. The “consensus domain analysis” tool functions to identify conserved protein domains and GO terms among selected TAG genes. In addition, the “oncogenic domain analysis” can analyze oncogenic potential of any user-provided protein based on a weighed term frequency table calculated from the TAG proteins. This study was supported by grant from National research program for genomic medicine (NRPGM) and personnel from Bioinformatics Center of Center for Biotechnology and Biosciences in the National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan.
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This dataset contains INSDC sequence records not associated with environmental sample identifiers or host organisms. The dataset is prepared periodically using the public ENA API (https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/portal/api/) by querying data with search parameters: `environmental_sample=False & host=""`
EMBL-EBI also publishes other records in separate datasets (https://www.gbif.org/publisher/ada9d123-ddb4-467d-8891-806ea8d94230).
The data was then processed as follows:
1. Human sequences were excluded.
2. For non-CONTIG records, the sample accession number (when available) along with the scientific name were used to identify sequence records corresponding to the same individuals (or group of organism of the same species in the same sample). Only one record was kept for each scientific name/sample accession number.
3. Contigs and whole genome shotgun (WGS) records were added individually.
4. The records that were missing some information were excluded. Only records associated with a specimen voucher or records containing both a location AND a date were kept.
5. The records associated with the same vouchers are aggregated together.
6. A lot of records left corresponded to individual sequences or reads corresponding to the same organisms. In practise, these were "duplicate" occurrence records that weren't filtered out in STEP 2 because the sample accession sample was missing. To identify those potential duplicates, we grouped all the remaining records by `scientific_name`, `collection_date`, `location`, `country`, `identified_by`, `collected_by` and `sample_accession` (when available). Then we excluded the groups that contained more than 50 records. The rationale behind the choice of threshold is explained here: https://github.com/gbif/embl-adapter/issues/10#issuecomment-855757978
7. To improve the matching of the EBI scientific name to the GBIF backbone taxonomy, we incorporated the ENA taxonomic information. The kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, and genus were obtained from the ENA taxonomy checklist available here: http://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/ena/taxonomy/sdwca.zip
More information available here: https://github.com/gbif/embl-adapter#readme
You can find the mapping used to format the EMBL data to Darwin Core Archive here: https://github.com/gbif/embl-adapter/blob/master/DATAMAPPING.md
This is the HQSNP DB (high-quality SNP database) developed by CHG bioinformatics group. The high-quality SNP is defined as a SNP having allele frequency or genotyping data. The majority of the HQSNPs come from HapMap, others come from JSNP (Japanese SNP database), TSC (The SNP Consortium), Affymetrix 120K SNP, and Perlegen SNP. There are four kinds of SNP search you can do: * Get SNPs by dbSNP rs#: Choose this search if you have already selected a list of SNPs and you just want to get the SNP information. The program will generate a Excel file containing the SNP flanking sequence, variation, quality, function, etc. In the Excel file, there are 10 highlighted fields. You can send only those highlighted information to Illumina to get SNP pre-score. (The same fields are presented in other types of searches as well.) * Get gene SNPs by gene names: Choose this search if you have a list of gene names and you want to get the SNP information in these genes. The gene name can be official gene symbol, Ensembl gene ID, RefSeq accession ID, LocusLink number, etc. * Get gene SNPs by genome regions: Choose this search if you have a list of genome regions and you want to get all gene SNP information in these regions. The software will find all the Ensembl genes in the regions and find SNPs associated to each Ensembl gene. * Get genome scan SNPs by genome regions: Choose this search if you have a list of genome regions and you want to get evenly spaced SNPs in these regions. A SNP selection tool (SNPselector) was built upon HQSNP. It took snp ID list, gene name list, or genome region list as input and searched SNPs for genome scan or gene assoctiation study. It could take an optional ABI SNP file (exported from ABI SNP search web page) as input for checking whether the candidate SNP is available from ABI. It could also take an optional Illumina SNP pre-score file as input to select SNP for Illumina SNP assay. It generated results sorted by tag SNP in LD block, SNP quality, SNP function, SNP regulatory potential, and SNP mutation risk. SNPselector is now retired from public use (as of September 30, 2010).
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The current database was downloaded on 27.09.2019 and has the data fields (columns) as described below:# 1 Entry# 2 Entry name# 3 Status# 4 Protein names# 5 Gene names# 6 Organism# 7 Length# 8 Cross-reference (KO)# 9 Taxonomic lineage (PHYLUM)# 10 Taxonomic lineage (SPECIES) # This field carries current and old* taxonomic classifications.# 11 Taxonomic lineage (GENUS)# 12 Taxonomic lineage (KINGDOM)# 13 Taxonomic lineage (SUPERKINGDOM)# 14 Cross-reference (OrthoDB)# 15 Cross-reference (eggNOG)*Details about the classification used in UNIPROT can be found at the link: https://www.uniprot.org/help/taxonomy
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This repository contains the data that support the findings of the manuscript
"TOA: a software package for automated functional annotation in non-model plant species".
Directories:
benchmark-transcriptomes: Fasta files with the sequences corresponding to the benchmark transcriptomes tested in the manuscript:
Cnuc: Cocos nucifera embryos (Huang et al., 2014).
Fsyl: Fagus sylvatica leaves (Müller, Seifert, Lübbe, Leuschner, & Finkeldey, 2017).
Pcan: Pinus canariensis immature xylem (Chano, Collada, & Soto, 2017).
TOA: output of the six simulation tests performed with TOA.
EnTAP: output of the six simulation tests performed with EnTAP.
Trinotate: output of the three simulation tests performed with Trinotate.
References:
Chano, V., Collada, C., & Soto, A. (2017). Transcriptomic analysis of wound xylem formation in Pinus canariensis. BMC Plant Biology, 17(234). doi:10.1186/s12870-017-1183-3
Huang, Y. Y., Lee, C. P., Fu, J. L., Chang, B. C. H., Matzke, A. J. M., & Matzke, M. (2014). De novo transcriptome sequence assembly from coconut leaves and seeds with a focus on factors involved in RNA-directed DNA methylation. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 4(11), 2147–2157. doi:10.1534/g3.114.013409
Müller, M., Seifert, S., Lübbe, T., Leuschner, C., & Finkeldey, R. (2017). De novo transcriptome assembly and analysis of differential gene expression in response to drought in European beech. PLoS ONE, 12(9), 1–20. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0184167
THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented on 8/12/13. An expanded version of the Alternative Splicing Annotation Project (ASAP) database with a new interface and integration of comparative features using UCSC BLASTZ multiple alignments. It supports 9 vertebrate species, 4 insects, and nematodes, and provides with extensive alternative splicing analysis and their splicing variants. As for human alternative splicing data, newly added EST libraries were classified and included into previous tissue and cancer classification, and lists of tissue and cancer (normal) specific alternatively spliced genes are re-calculated and updated. They have created a novel orthologous exon and intron databases and their splice variants based on multiple alignment among several species. These orthologous exon and intron database can give more comprehensive homologous gene information than protein similarity based method. Furthermore, splice junction and exon identity among species can be valuable resources to elucidate species-specific genes. ASAP II database can be easily integrated with pygr (unpublished, the Python Graph Database Framework for Bioinformatics) and its powerful features such as graph query, multi-genome alignment query and etc. ASAP II can be searched by several different criteria such as gene symbol, gene name and ID (UniGene, GenBank etc.). The web interface provides 7 different kinds of views: (I) user query, UniGene annotation, orthologous genes and genome browsers; (II) genome alignment; (III) exons and orthologous exons; (IV) introns and orthologous introns; (V) alternative splicing; (IV) isoform and protein sequences; (VII) tissue and cancer vs. normal specificity. ASAP II shows genome alignments of isoforms, exons, and introns in UCSC-like genome browser. All alternative splicing relationships with supporting evidence information, types of alternative splicing patterns, and inclusion rate for skipped exons are listed in separate tables. Users can also search human data for tissue- and cancer-specific splice forms at the bottom of the gene summary page. The p-values for tissue-specificity as log-odds (LOD) scores, and highlight the results for LOD >= 3 and at least 3 EST sequences are all also reported.