copied from Nucleic Acids Research, 2005, Vol. 33, Database issue (link directs to table of contents with many original papers on the below mentioned databases)
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5. Genomics Databases (non-human)
5.1. Genome annotation terms, ontologies and nomenclature
73 Genew Human gene nomenclature: approved gene symbols http://www.gene.ucl.ac.uk/nomenclature
487 GO Gene ontology consortium database http://www.geneontology.org/
389 GOA EBI's gene ontology annotation project http://www.ebi.ac.uk/GOA
513 IUBMB Nomenclature database Nomenclature of enzymes, membrane transporters, electron transport proteins and other proteins http://www.chem.qmul.ac.uk/iubmb
514 IUPAC Nomenclature database Nomenclature of biochemical and organic compounds approved by the IUBMB-IUPAC Joint Commission http://www.chem.qmul.ac.uk/iupac
515 IUPHAR-RD The International Union of Pharmacology recommendations on receptor nomenclature and drug classification http://www.iuphar-db.org/iuphar-rd/
552 PANTHER Gene products organized by biological function http://panther.celera.com/
317 UMLS Unified medical language system http://umlsks.nlm.nih.gov/
5.1.1. Taxonomy and Identification
78 ICB gyrB database for identification and classification of bacteria http://seasquirt.mbio.co.jp/icb/index.php
297 NCBI Taxonomy Names of all organisms represented in GenBank http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/
608 PANDIT Protein and associated nucleotide domains with inferred trees http://www.ebi.ac.uk/goldman-srv/pandit/
299 RIDOM rRNA-based differentiation of medical microorganisms http://www.ridom-rdna.de/
243 RDP-II Ribosomal database project http://rdp.cme.msu.edu
301 Tree of Life Information on phylogeny and biodiversity http://phylogeny.arizona.edu/tree/phylogeny.html
5.2. General genomics databases
7 COG Clusters of orthologous groups of proteins http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/COG
650 COGENT Complete genome tracking: predicted peptides from fully sequenced genomes http://maine.ebi.ac.uk:8000/services/cogent/
337 CORG Comparative regulatory genomics: conserved non-coding sequence blocks http://corg.molgen.mpg.de/
445 DEG Database of essential genes from bacteria and yeast http://tubic.tju.edu.cn/deg
451 EBI Genomes EBI's collection of databases for the analysis of complete and unfinished viral, pro- and eukaryotic genomes http://www.ebi.ac.uk/genomes
453 EGO Eukaryotic gene orthologs: orthologous DNA sequences in the TIGR gene indices http://www.tigr.org/tdb/tgi/ego/
70 EMGlib Enhanced microbial genomes library: completely sequenced genomes of unicellular organisms http://pbil.univ-lyon1.fr/emglib/emglib.html
458 Entrez Genomes NCBI's collection of databases for the analysis of complete and unfinished viral, pro- and eukaryotic genomes http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=Genome
461 ERGOLight Integrated biochemical data on nine bacterial genomes: publicly available portion of the ERGO database http://www.ergo-light.com/ERGO
470 FusionDB Database of bacterial and archaeal gene fusion events http://igs-server.cnrs-mrs.fr/FusionDB
611 Genome Atlas DNA structural properties of sequenced genomes http://www.cbs.dtu.dk/services/GenomeAtlas/
484 Genome Information Broker DDBJ's collection of databases for the analysis of complete and unfinished viral, pro- and eukaryotic genomes http://gib.genes.nig.ac.jp
678 Genome Reviews Integrated view of complete genomes http://www.ebi.ac.uk/GenomeReviews/
75 GOLD Genomes online database: a listing of completed and ongoing genome projects http://www.genomesonline.org/
352 HGT-DB Putative horizontally transferred genes in prokaryotic genomes http://www.fut.es/~debb/HGT/
223 Integr8 Functional classification of proteins in whole genomes http://www.ebi.ac.uk/integr8/
112 KEGG Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes: integrated suite of databases on genes, proteins and metabolic pathways http://www.genome.jp/kegg
528 MBGD Microbial genome database for comparative analysis http://mbgd.genome.ad.jp/
549 ORFanage Database of orphan ORFs (ORFs with no homologs) in complete microbial genomes http://www.cs.bgu.ac.il/~nomsiew/ORFans
551 PACRAT Archaeal and bacterial intergenic sequence features http://www.biosci.ohio-tate.edu/~pacrat
715 PartiGeneDB Assembled partial genomes for ~250 eukaryotic organisms http://www.partigenedb.org/
354 PEDANT Results of an automated analysis of genomic sequences http://pedant.gsf.de/
99 TIGR Microbial Database Lists of completed and ongoing genome projects with links to complete genome sequences http://www.tigr.org/tdb/mdb/mdbcomplete.html
66 TIGR Comprehensive Microbial Resource Various data on complete microbial genomes: uniform annotation, properties of DNA and predicted proteins http://www.tigr.org/CMR
311 TransportDB Predicted membrane transporters in complete genomes, classified according to the TC classification system http://www.membranetransport.org/
118 WIT3 What is there? Metabolic reconstruction for completely sequenced microbial genomes http://www-wit.mcs.anl.gov/wit3/
5.3. Organism-specific databases
5.3.1. Viruses
473 HCVDB The hepatitis C virus database http://hepatitis.ibcp.fr/
497 HIV Drug Resistance Database HIV mutations that confer resistance to anti-HIV drugs http://resdb.lanl.gov/Resist_DB/default.htm
168 HIV Molecular Immunology Database HIV epitopes http://hiv-web.lanl.gov/immunology/
365 HIV RT and Protease Sequence Database HIV reverse transcriptase and protease sequences http://hivdb.stanford.edu/
602 NCBI Viral Genomes Viral genome resource at NCBI http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genomes/VIRUSES/viruses.html
725 Poxvirus.org Poxvirus genomic sequences and gene annotation http://www.poxvirus.org/
750 T4-like genome database Sequences of T4-like bacteriophages from various sources http://phage.bioc.tulane.edu/
201 VIDA Homologous viral protein families database http://www.biochem.ucl.ac.uk/bsm/virus_database/VIDA.html
761 VIPER Virus particle explorer: virus capsid structures http://mmtsb.scripps.edu/viper
303 VirOligo Virus-specific oligonucleotides for PCR and hybridization http://viroligo.okstate.edu/
5.3.2. Prokaryotes
641 BacMap Picture atlas of annotated bacterial genomes http://wishart.biology.ualberta.ca/BacMap
614 MetaGrowth Growth requirements of bacterial pathogens http://igs-server.cnrs-mrs.fr/axenic/
720 PGTdb Prokaryotic growth temperature database http://pgtdb.csie.ncu.edu.tw/
5.3.2.1. Escherichia coli
415 ASAP A systematic annotation package for community analysis of E.coli and related genomes https://asap.ahabs.wisc.edu/annotation/php/ASAP1.htm
428 CyberCell database A collection of data on E.coli K12 intended for mathematical modeling to simulate the bacterial cell http://redpoll.pharmacy.ualberta.ca/CCDB
436 coliBase A database for E.coli, Salmonella and Shigella http://colibase.bham.ac.uk/
437 Colibri E.coli genome database at Institut Pasteur http://genolist.pasteur.fr/Colibri/
623 EchoBASE Post-genomic studies of Escherichia coli http://www.ecoli-york.org/
462 Essential genes in E.coli First results of an E.coli gene deletion project http://www.genome.wisc.edu/resources/essential.htm
482 GenoBase E.coli genome database at Nara Institute http://ecoli.aist-nara.ac.jp/
165 GenProtEC E.coli K12 genome and proteome database http://genprotec.mbl.edu
555 PEC Profiling of E.coli chromosome http://shigen.lab.nig.ac.jp/ecoli/pec
108 EcoCyc E.coli K12 genes, metabolic pathways, transporters and gene regulation http://ecocyc.org/
69 EcoGene Sequence and literature data on E.coli genes and proteins http://bmb.med.miami.edu/EcoGene/EcoWeb/
116 RegulonDB Transcriptional regulation and operon organization in E.coli http://www.cifn.unam.mx/Computational_Genomics/regulondb/
5.3.2.2. Bacillus subtilis
424 BSORF Bacillus subtilis genome database at Kyoto U. http://bacillus.genome.ad.jp/
89 NRSub Non-redundant Bacillus subtilis database at U. Lyon http://pbil.univ-lyon1.fr/nrsub/nrsub.html
96 SubtiList Bacillus subtilis genome database at Institut Pasteur http://genolist.pasteur.fr/SubtiList/
5.3.2.3. Other bacteria
420 BioCyc Pathway/genome databases for many bacteria http://biocyc.org/
426 CampyDB Database for Campylobacter genome analysis http://campy.bham.ac.uk/
433 ClostriDB Finished and unfinished genomes of Clostridium spp. http://clostri.bham.ac.uk/
648 CIDB Chlamydia Interactive Database: gene expression data http://www.it.deakin.edu.au/CIDB
68 CyanoBase Cyanobacterial genomes http://www.kazusa.or.jp/cyano
521 LeptoList Leptospira interrogans genome http://bioinfo.hku.hk/LeptoList
534 MolliGen Genomic data on mollicutes http://cbi.labri.fr/outils/molligen/
733 PseudoCAP Pseudomonas aeruginosa genome database and community annotation project http://www.pseudomonas.com/
94 RsGDB Rhodobacter sphaeroides genome http://www.hgsc.bcm.tmc.edu/projects/microbial/Rsphaeroides/
762 VirFact Bacterial virulence factors and pathogenicity islands http://virfact.burnham.org/
760 Virulence Factors Reference database for microbial virulence factors http://zdsys.chgb.org.cn/VFs/main.htm
5.3.3. Unicellular eukaryotes
409 ApiEST-DB EST sequences from various Apicomplexan parasites http://www.cbil.upenn.edu/paradbs-servlet
439 CryptoDB Cryptosporidium parvum genome database http://cryptodb.org/
662 Diatom EST Database ESTs from two diatom algae, Thalassiosira pseudonana and Phaeodactylum tricornutum http://avesthagen.sznbowler.com/
446 DictyBase Universal resource for Dictyostelium discoideum http://dictybase.org/
72 Full-Malaria Full-length cDNA library from erythrocytic-stage Plasmodium falciparum http://fullmal.ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp/
328 GeneDB Curated database for various Sanger-sequenced genomes http://www.genedb.org/
698 LumbriBASE ESTs of the earthworm Lumbricus rubellus http://www.earthworms.org/
91 PlasmoDB Plasmodium genome database http://plasmodb.org/
586 TcruziDB Trypanosoma cruzi genome database http://tcruzidb.org/
359 ToxoDB Toxoplasma gondii genome database http://toxodb.org/
5.3.4. Fungi
5.3.4.1. Yeasts
635 AGD Ashbya gossypii genome database http://agd.unibas.ch
617 CandidaDB Candida albicans genome database http://genolist.pasteur.fr/CandidaDB
645 Candida Genome Candida albicans genome database http://www.candidagenome.org/
441 CYGD MIPS Comprehensive yeast genome database http://mips.gsf.de/proj/yeast
483 Génolevures A comparison of S.cerevisiae and 14 other yeast species http://cbi.labri.fr/Genolevures
730 PROPHECY Profiling of phenotypic characteristics in yeast http://prophecy.lundberg.gu.se/
576 SCMD Saccharomyces cerevisiae morphological database: micrographs of budding yeast mutants http://yeast.gi.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/
577 SCPD Saccharomyces cerevisiae promoter database http://cgsigma.cshl.org/jian
357 SGD Saccharomyces genome database http://www.yeastgenome.org/
25 TRIPLES Transposon-insertion phenotypes, localization and expression in Saccharomyces http://ygac.med.yale.edu/triples/
306 YDPM Yeast deletion project and mitochondria database http://www-deletion.stanford.edu/YDPM/YDPM_index.html
342 Yeast Intron Database Ares lab database of splicesomal introns in S.cerevisiae http://www.cse.ucsc.edu/research/compbio/yeast_introns.html
254 Yeast snoRNA Database Yeast small nucleolar RNAs http://www.bio.umass.edu/biochem/rna-sequence/Yeast_snoRNA_Database/snoRNA_DataBase.html
307 yMGV Yeast microarray global viewer http://www.transcriptome.ens.fr/ymgv/
763 YRC PDR Yeast resource center public data repository http://www.yeastrc.org/pdr/
5.3.4.2. Other fungi
425 CADRE Central Aspergillus data repository http://www.cadre.man.ac.uk/
435 COGEME Phytopathogenic fungi and oomycete EST database http://cogeme.ex.ac.uk
533 MNCDB MIPS Neurospora crassa database http://mips.gsf.de/proj/neurospora/
708 OGD Oomycete Genomics Database: ESTs and annotation http://www.oomycete.net/
98 Phytophthora Functional Genomics Database ESTs and expression data from P.infestans and P.sojae http://www.pfgd.org/pfgd/
5.3.5. Invertebrates
5.3.5.1. Caenorhabditis elegans
430 C.elegans Project Genome sequencing data at the Sanger Institute http://www.sanger.ac.uk/Projects/C_elegans
238 Intronerator Introns and splicing in C.elegans and C.briggsae http://www.cse.ucsc.edu/~kent/intronerator/
570 RNAiDB RNAi phenotypic analysis of C.elegans genes http://www.rnai.org/
100 WILMA C.elegans annotation database http://www.came.sbg.ac.at/wilma/
304 WorfDB C.elegans ORFeome http://worfdb.dfci.harvard.edu/
51 WormBase Data repository for C.elegans and C.briggsae: curated genome annotation, genetic and physical maps, pathways http://www.wormbase.org/
5.3.5.2. Drosophila melanogaster
71 FlyBase Drosophila sequences and genomic information http://flybase.bio.indiana.edu/
767 FlyBrain Database of the Drosophila nervous system http://flybrain.neurobio.arizona.edu
670 FlyMine Integration of insect genomic and proteomic data http://www.flymine.org/
467 FlyTrap Drosophila mutants created using GFP protein trap strategy http://flytrap.med.yale.edu/
471 GadFly Genome annotation database of Drosophila http://www.fruitfly.org
677 GeniSys Enhancer- and promoter-inserted mutants of Drosophila http://genisys.kaist.ac.kr:8080/
774 DPDB Drosophila polymorphism database http://dpdb.uab.es/
449 Drosophila microarray project Data and tools for Drosophila gene expression studies http://www.flyarrays.com/fruitfly
509 InterActive Fly Drosophila genes and their roles in development http://sdb.bio.purdue.edu/fly/aimain/1aahome.htm
5.3.5.3. Other invertebrates
410 AppaDB A database on the nematode Pristionchus pacificus http://appadb.eb.tuebingen.mpg.de/
643 BeetleBase Genome database of the beetle Tribolium castaneum http://www.bioinformatics.ksu.edu/BeetleBase/
649 Ciliate IES-MDS Db Macro- and micronuclear genes in spirotrichous ciliates http://oxytricha.princeton.edu/dimorphism/database.htm
434 CnidBase Cnidarian evolution and gene expression database http://cnidbase.bu.edu/
543 Nematode.net Parasitic nematode sequencing project http://nematode.net/
544 NEMBASE Nematode sequence and functional data database http://www.nematodes.org/
726 PPNEMA Plant-parasitic nematode rRNAs http://bighost.area.ba.cnr.it/PPNEMA/
743 SilkDB Silkworm Bombyx mori ESTs, mutants, photographs http://www.ab.a.u-tokyo.ac.jp/genome/
744 SilkSatDb A microsatellite database of the silkworm Bombyx mori http://www.cdfd.org.in/silksatdb/
747 SpodoBase Genomics of the butterfly Spodoptera frugiperda http://bioweb.ensam.inra.fr/spodobase/

a Each database is shown in the list only once, often in a category that was arbitrarily chosen among two or three appropriate ones. In the online version of this list at the NAR website (http://nar.oupjournals.org/), a database can be listed under two categories.

b Accession number of the database in the online list; can be used to view the database summary, e.g. http://www3.oup.co.uk/nar/database/summary/1 shows the summary for DDBJ.


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