VectorBase: a data resource for invertebrate vector genomics
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- 1 January 2009
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Nucleic Acids Research
- Vol. 37 (Database) , D583-D587
- https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkn857
Abstract
VectorBase (http://www.vectorbase.org) is an NIAID-funded Bioinformatic Resource Center focused on invertebrate vectors of human pathogens. VectorBase annotates and curates vector genomes providing a web accessible integrated resource for the research community. Currently, VectorBase contains genome information for three mosquito species: Aedes aegypti, Anopheles gambiae and Culex quinquefasciatus, a body louse Pediculus humanus and a tick species Ixodes scapularis. Since our last report VectorBase has initiated a community annotation system, a microarray and gene expression repository and controlled vocabularies for anatomy and insecticide resistance. We have continued to develop both the software infrastructure and tools for interrogating the stored data.Keywords
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