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Silkworm nucleotide databases - Current trends and future prospects
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Authors |
Nicole Koshy1, Kangayam M. Ponnuvel 1, *, Randhir K. Sinha1 and S. M. H. Qadri1
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Affiliation |
1Biotechnology Laboratory, Central Sericulture and Germplasm research Centre, P.O. Box: 34, Thally road, Hosur-635109, Tamil Nadu, India
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kmpvel@yahoo.com; * Corresponding author
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Article Type |
Current Trends
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Date |
received February 14, 2008; revised March 13, 2008; accepted April 07, 2008; published April 19, 2008
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Abstract |
The domesticated silkworm, Bombyx mori serves as an ideal representative of lepidopteran species for a variety of scientific studies. As a result, databases have been created to organize information pertaining to the silkworm genome that is subject to constant updating. Of these, four main databases are important for store nucleotide information in the form of genomic data, ESTs and microsatelites. These databases also store data related to other lepidoptera and important insects, which help in insect biological research. Though a considerable amount of nucleotide data is currently available, there is a paucity of data related to silkworm and other lepidopteran proteins. Hence, the focus of this article is to present the current status of nucleotide databases of silkworm, avenues for improvement and possibilities for databases that could be created in the future.
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Keywords |
silkworm; Bombyx mori; silkbase; silk knowledgebase; lepidopterans
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Citation |
Koshy et al., Bioinformation 2(7): 308-310 (2008)
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P. Kangueane
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0973-2063
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Biomedical Informatics Publishing Group
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Copyright |
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Copyright Transfer Agreement |
The authors of published articles in Bioinformation automatically transfer the copyright to the publisher upon formal acceptance. However, the authors reserve right to use the information contained in the article for non commercial purposes.
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License |
This is an open-access article, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, for non-commercial purposes, provided the original author and source are credited.
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