What is the NCBI Gene Database?
What is it?
The
NCBI Gene database provides highly summarized information about genes for all species where it is available.
What is it for?
- Understanding the genomic structure and transcripts of a gene
- Obtaining marker information
- Obtaining information about the function of the gene products
- Identifying related sequences and conserved domains
What's in it?
[
Example record]
- alternative gene identifiers
- gene structures and genomic information
- genetic markers
- phenotypes
- sequences
- mapping data, including physical maps
Key references
- Wheeler DL, Barrett T, Benson DA, Bryant SH, Canese K, Chetvernin V, Church DM, DiCuccio M, Edgar R, Federhen S, Geer LY, Helmberg W, Kapustin Y, Kenton DL, Khovayko O, Lipman DJ, Madden TL, Maglott DR, Ostell J, Pruitt KD, Schuler GD, Schriml LM, Sequeira E, Sherry ST, Sirotkin K, Souvorov A, Starchenko G, Suzek TO, Tatusov R, Tatusova TA, Wagner L, Yaschenko E (2005)
Database resources of the National Center for Biotechnology Information, Nuc. Acids Res., 33:D471-D475.
Source
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Record created 5/17/2006.
ypouliot, September 15, 2009