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http://mips.gsf.de/genre/proj/ustilago/

The MIPS Ustilago maydis Genome Database aims to present information on the molecular structure and functional network of the entirely sequenced, filamentous fungus Ustilago maydis. The underlying sequence is the initial release of the high quality draft sequence of the Broad Institute. The goal of the MIPS database is to provide a comprehensive genome database in the Genome Research Environment in parallel with other fungal genomes to enable in depth fungal comparative analysis. The specific aims are to: 1. Generate and assemble Whole Genome Shotgun sequence reads yielding 10X coverage of the U. maydis genome 2. Integrate the genomic sequence assembly with physical maps generated by Bayer CropScience 3. Perform automated annotation of the sequence assembly 4. Align the strain 521 assembly with the FB1 assembly provided by Exelixis 5. Release the sequence assembly and results of our annotation and analysis to public Ustilago maydis is a basidiomycete fungal pathogen of maize and teosinte. The genome size is approximately 20 Mb. The fungus induces tumors on host plants and forms masses of diploid teliospores. These spores germinate and form haploid meiotic products that can be propagated in culture as yeast-like cells. Haploid strains of opposite mating type fuse and form a filamentous, dikaryotic cell type that invades plant tissue to reinitiate infection. Ustilago maydis is an important model system for studying pathogen-host interactions and has been studied for more than 100 years by plant pathologists. Molecular genetic research with U. maydis focuses on recombination, the role of mating in pathogenesis, and signaling pathways that influence virulence. Recently, the fungus has emerged as an excellent experimental model for the molecular genetic analysis of phytopathogenesis, particularly in the characterization of infection-specific morphogenesis in response to signals from host plants. Ustilago maydis also serves as an important model for other basidiomycete plant pathogens that are more difficult to work with in the laboratory, such as the rust and bunt fungi. Genomic sequence of U. maydis will also be valuable for comparative analysis of other fungal genomes, especially with respect to understanding the host range of fungal phytopathogens. The analysis of U. maydis would provide a framework for studying the hundreds of other Ustilago species that attack important crops, such as barley, wheat, sorghum, and sugarcane. Comparisons would also be possible with other basidiomycete fungi, such as the important human pathogen C. neoformans. Commercially, U. maydis is an excellent model for the discovery of antifungal drugs. In addition, maize tumors caused by U. maydis are prized in Hispanic cuisine and there is interest in improving commercial production. The complete putative gene set of the Broad Institute''s second release is loaded into the database and in addition all deviating putative genes from a putative gene set produced by MIPS with different gene prediction parameters are also loaded. The complete dataset will then be analysed, gene predictions will be manually corrected due to combined information derived from different gene prediction algorithms and, more important, protein and EST comparisons. Gene prediction will be restricted to ORFs larger than 50 codons; smaller ORFs will be included only if similarities to other proteins or EST matches confirm their existence or if a coding region was postulated by all prediction programs used. The resulting proteins will be annotated. They will be classified according to the MIPS classification catalogue receiving appropriate descriptions. All proteins with a known, characterized homolog will be automatically assigned to functional categories using the MIPS functional catalog. All extracted proteins are in addition automatically analysed and annotated by the PEDANT suite.

Proper citation: MIPS Ustilago maydis Database (RRID:SCR_007563) Copy   

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http://topdb.enzim.hu

Collection of transmembrane protein datasets containing experimentally derived topology information from the literature and from public databases. Web interface of TOPDB includes tools for searching, relational querying and data browsing, visualisation tools for topology data.

Proper citation: Topology Data Bank of Transmembrane Proteins (RRID:SCR_007964) Copy   

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http://mips.gsf.de/simap/

It provides a database based on a pre-computed similarity matrix covering the similarity space formed by >4 million amino acid sequences from public databases and completely sequenced genomes. The database is capable of handling very large datasets and is updated incrementally. For sequence similarity searches and pairwise alignments, we implemented a grid-enabled software system, which is based on FASTA heuristics and the Smith Waterman algorithm. SimpleSIMAP and AdvancedSIMAP retrieve homologs for given protein sequences that need to be contained in the SIMAP database. While SimpleSIMAP provides only selected parameters and preconfigured search spaces, the AdvancedSIMAP allows the user to specify search space, filtering and sorting parameters in a flexible manner. Both types of queries result in lists of homologs that are linked in turn to their homologs. So the web interfaces allow users to explore quickly and interactively the protein world by homology. Sponsors: SIMAP is supported by the Department of Genome Oriented Bioinformatics of the Technische Universitt Mnchen and the Institute for Bioinformatics of the GSF-National Research Center for Environment and Health.

Proper citation: SIMAP (RRID:SCR_007927) Copy   

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https://web.uri.edu/riinbre/mic/

Core provides sequencing and bioinformatics support for INBRE and non-INBRE researchers. Provides data science services adjacent to traditional bioinformatics; access to computational and software resources for INBRE network institutions, particularly primarily undergraduate institutions; training for students and faculty in data science methods. Maintains professional network with other core and user facilities in Rhode Island and beyond to maximize resources available to our users.Utilizes novel technologies such as virtual/augmented reality for use in teaching and research.

Proper citation: Rhode Island INBRE Molecular Informatics Core Facility (RRID:SCR_017685) Copy   

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http://mgm.ku.edu/services

Research oriented service laboratory providing informatics support to research community. Services include data analysis and mining in proteomics, genomics and chemistry, systems biology approaches such as pathway, network and interaction analyses, large scale statistical and machine learning studies, protein structure, function and stability prediction, sequence and domain analyses,d esign and implementation of relational databases and software programs, consultation on experimental design involving data acquisition, management and analysis, report, grant, and manuscript preparation.

Proper citation: Kansas University at Lawrence Applied Bioinformatics Laboratory Core Facility (RRID:SCR_017751) Copy   

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http://genetics.group.shef.ac.uk/index.html

Core provides DNA sequencing services including DNA extraction, cell line identification, microsatellite analysis, and antibody sequencing,DNA Sequencing, Monoclonal Antibody Sequencing,Nucleic Acid Quantification,PCR Machine Hire,Real-Time PCR Robotic Liquid Handling,Taqman SNP Analysis.

Proper citation: University of Sheffield Genomic Core Facility (RRID:SCR_017912) Copy   

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https://github.com/DerrickWood/kraken2

Software tool as second version of Kraken taxonomic sequence classification system.

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https://github.com/BackofenLab/HVSeeker/tree/main

Software tool for distinguishing between bacterial and phage sequences. Consists of two separate models: one analyzing DNA sequences and the other focusing on proteins.

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https://github.com/SCANDAN-Team/SCANDAN-DICOM-labelling

Software tool for rules for DICOM tag based labelling. Regular expression used during the SCANDAN project to label MRI scans based on DICOM tag.

Proper citation: SCANDAN-DICOM-labelling (RRID:SCR_028365) Copy   

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http://virome.diagcomputing.org/#view=home

A web-application designed for scientific exploration of metagenome sequence data collected from viral assemblages occurring within a number of different environmental contexts. The VIROME informatics pipeline focuses on the classification of predicted open-reading frames (ORFs) from viral metagenomes. The portal allows you to submit your viral metagenome to be processed through the VIROME analysis pipeline, and enable you to investigate your data via the VIROME user interface., THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on September 16,2025.

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http://sequenceontology.org/

A collaborative ontology for the definition of sequence features used in biological sequence annotation. SO was initially developed by the Gene Ontology Consortium. Contributors to SO include the GMOD community, model organism database groups such as WormBase, FlyBase, Mouse Genome Informatics group, and institutes such as the Sanger Institute and the EBI. Input to SO is welcomed from the sequence annotation community. The OBO revision is available here: http://sourceforge.net/p/song/svn/HEAD/tree/ SO includes different kinds of features which can be located on the sequence. Biological features are those which are defined by their disposition to be involved in a biological process. Biomaterial features are those which are intended for use in an experiment such as aptamer and PCR_product. There are also experimental features which are the result of an experiment. SO also provides a rich set of attributes to describe these features such as polycistronic and maternally imprinted. The Sequence Ontologies use the OBO flat file format specification version 1.2, developed by the Gene Ontology Consortium. The ontology is also available in OWL from Open Biomedical Ontologies. This is updated nightly and may be slightly out of sync with the current obo file. An OWL version of the ontology is also available. The resolvable URI for the current version of SO is http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/so.owl.

Proper citation: SO (RRID:SCR_004374) Copy   

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http://gmod.org/wiki/Main_Page

A collection of open source software tools for creating and managing genome-scale biological databases. GMOD is made up databases, applications, and adaptor software that connects these components together. You can use it to create a small laboratory database of genome annotations, or a large web-accessible community database. At first GMOD just featured model organisms but now any organism with any kind of sequence associated with it is a good candidate as a subject for a GMOD database. There are GMOD databases with just protein sequence in them, with EST sequence only, those that are concerned primarily with gene expression, and even those dedicated to collections of RNA sequence. They have also heard of GMOD databases for oligonucleotides and plasmids.

Proper citation: Generic Model Organism Database Project (RRID:SCR_001731) Copy   

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http://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Blast.cgi?PROGRAM=blastx&BLAST_PROGRAMS=blastx&PAGE_TYPE=BlastSearch&SHOW_DEFAULTS=on&LINK_LOC=blasthome

Web application to search protein databases using a translated nucleotide query. Translated BLAST services are useful when trying to find homologous proteins to a nucleotide coding region. Blastx compares translational products of the nucleotide query sequence to a protein database. Because blastx translates the query sequence in all six reading frames and provides combined significance statistics for hits to different frames, it is particularly useful when the reading frame of the query sequence is unknown or it contains errors that may lead to frame shifts or other coding errors. Thus blastx is often the first analysis performed with a newly determined nucleotide sequence and is used extensively in analyzing EST sequences. This search is more sensitive than nucleotide blast since the comparison is performed at the protein level.

Proper citation: BLASTX (RRID:SCR_001653) Copy   

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http://csg.sph.umich.edu//abecasis/MACH/index.html

A Markov Chain based software tool for haplotyping, genotype imputation and disease association analysis that can resolve long haplotypes or infer missing genotypes in samples of unrelated individuals.

Proper citation: MACH 1.0 (RRID:SCR_001759) Copy   

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https://github.com/benedictpaten/pecan

A Java consistency based multiple sequence alignment software program.

Proper citation: Pecan (RRID:SCR_001909) Copy   

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http://www.aspergillus-genomes.org.uk/

A resource for viewing annotated genes arising from various Aspergillus sequencing and annotation projects, resulting from the merging of Central Aspergillus Data REpository (CADRE) and The Aspergillus Website, which took place in June 2008. The principal role of CADRE is to aid the Aspergillus research community by managing Aspergillus genome data and by providing visualization tools, ranging from relatively simple annotation displays to more complex data integration displays. In contrast, The Aspergillus Website provides a range of information to the medical community (i.e., clinicians, patients and scientists) regarding the genus Aspergillus and the diseases, such as Aspergillosis, that it can cause. CADRE has been implemented using the Ensembl v22 suite. This suite comprises: * a database schema, which has been devised for storing annotated eukaryotic genomes. The schema is implemented with the MySQL relational database management system. * several specialized programming modules for building interfaces (i.e., BioPerl and Ensembl API modules). * a series of programs (i.e., Perl CGI scripts using the API modules) for viewing genomic data within a web browser., THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on September 16,2025.

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http://rgp.dna.affrc.go.jp/E/index.html

Rice Genome Research Program (RGP) is an integral part of the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) Genome Research Project. RGP now aims to completely sequence the entire rice genome and subsequently to pursue integrated goals in functional genomics, genome informatics and applied genomics. It is jointly coordinated by the National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS), a government research institute under MAFF and the Society for Techno-innovation of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (STAFF), a semi-private research organization managed and supported by MAFF and a consortium of some twenty Japanese companies. The research is funded with yearly grants from MAFF and additional funds from the Japan Racing Association (JRA). It is now the leading member of the International Rice Genome Sequencing Project (IRGSP), a consortium of ten countries sharing the sequencing of the 12 rice chromosomes. The IRGSP adopts the clone-by-clone shotgun sequencing strategy so that each sequenced clone can be associated with a specific position on the genetic map and adheres to the policy of immediate release of the sequence data to the public domain. In December 2004, the IRGSP completed the sequencing of the rice genome. The high-quality and map-based sequence of the entire genome is now available in public databases.

Proper citation: Rice Genome Research Project (RRID:SCR_002268) Copy   

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http://www.structuralgenomics.org/

The Structural Genomics Project aims at determination of the 3D structure of all proteins. It also aims to reduce the cost and time required to determine three-dimensional protein structures. It supports selection, registration, and tracking of protein families and representative targets. This aim can be achieved in four steps : -Organize known protein sequences into families. -Select family representatives as targets. -Solve the 3D structure of targets by X-ray crystallography or NMR spectroscopy. -Build models for other proteins by homology to solved 3D structures. PSI has established a high-throughput structure determination pipeline focused on eukaryotic proteins. NMR spectroscopy is an integral part of this pipeline, both as a method for structure determinations and as a means for screening proteins for stable structure. Because computational approaches have estimated that many eukaryotic proteins are highly disordered, about 1 year into the project, CESG began to use an algorithm. The project has been organized into two separate phases. The first phase was dedicated to demonstrating the feasibility of high-throughput structure determination, solving unique protein structures, and preparing for a subsequent production phase. The second phase, PSI-2, has focused on implementing the high-throughput structure determination methods developed in PSI-1, as well as homology modeling and addressing bottlenecks like modeling membrane proteins. The first phase of the Protein Structure Initiative (PSI-1) saw the establishment of nine pilot centers focusing on structural genomics studies of a range of organisms, including Arabidopsis thaliana, Caenorhabditis elegans and Mycobacterium tuberculosis. During this five-year period over 1,100 protein structures were determined, over 700 of which were classified as unique due to their < 30% sequence similarity with other known protein structures. The primary goal of PSI-1 was to develop methods to streamline the structure determination process, resulted in an array of technical advances. Several methods developed during PSI-1 enhanced expression of recombinant proteins in systems like Escherichia coli, Pichia pastoris and insect cell lines. New streamlined approaches to cell cloning, expression and protein purification were also introduced, in which robotics and software platforms were integrated into the protein production pipeline to minimize required manpower, increase speed, and lower costs. The goal of the second phase of the Protein Structure Initiative (PSI-2) is to use methods introduced in PSI-1 to determine a large number of proteins and continue development in streamlining the structural genomics pipeline. Currently, the third phase of the PSI is being developed and will be called PSI: Biology. The consortia will propose work on substantial biological problems that can benefit from the determination of many protein structures Sponsors: PSI is funded by the U.S. National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS),

Proper citation: Protein Structure Initiative (RRID:SCR_002161) Copy   

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http://www.ensembl.org/

Collection of genome databases for vertebrates and other eukaryotic species with DNA and protein sequence search capabilities. Used to automatically annotate genome, integrate this annotation with other available biological data and make data publicly available via web. Ensembl tools include BLAST, BLAT, BioMart and the Variant Effect Predictor (VEP) for all supported species.

Proper citation: Ensembl (RRID:SCR_002344) Copy   

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/SNP/

General database of genetic variations maintained by the NCBI. Database as central repository for both single base nucleotide substitutions and short deletion and insertion polymorphisms. Distinguishes report of how to assay SNP from use of that SNP with individuals and populations. This separation simplifies some issues of data representation. However, these initial reports describing how to assay SNP will often be accompanied by SNP experiments measuring allele occurrence in individuals and populations. Community can contribute to this resource.

Proper citation: dbSNP (RRID:SCR_002338) Copy   

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