Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (1+1)

10.1.5 Other nucleotide databases

UniGene

UniGene is an NCBI database of the transcriptome and thus, despite the name, not primarily a database for genes. Each entry is a set of transcripts that appear to stem from the same transcription locus (i.e. gene or expressed pseudogene) together with the information on protein similarities, gene expression, cDNA clones, and genomic location is included with each entry.

SGD

SGD is a scientific database of the molecular biology and genetics of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which is commonly known as baker's or budding yeast.

EBI Genomes

It provides the access to the information of the completed genomes. The first completed genomes from viruses, phages, and organelles were deposited into the EMBL Database in the early 1980's. Since then, molecular biology's shift to obtain the complete sequences of as many genomes as possible combined with major developments in sequencing technology resulted in hundreds of complete genome sequences being added to the database, including Archaea, Bacteria and Eukaryota.

Genome Biology

NCBI provides several genomic biology tools and resources, including organism-specific pages that include links to many web sites and databases relevant to that species.

Ensembl

Ensembl is a joint project between (EMBL) - (EBI) and the Welcome Trust Sanger Institute (WTSI) to develop a software system which produces and maintains automatic annotation on selected eukaryotic genomes. The project consists of: a database scheme and associated API to store genomic information of about 40 genomes and many extension databases to represent functional, comparative and variational genomics.