Worm Base - Contents

Contents

WormBase comprises the following main data sets:

  • The annotated genomes of Caenorhabditis elegans, Caenorhabditis briggsae, Caenorhabditis remanei, Caenorhabditis brenneri, Caenorhabditis angaria, Pristionchus pacificus, Haemonchus contortus, Meloidogyne hapla, Meloidogyne incognita, and Brugia malayi;
  • Hand-curated annotations describing the function of ~20,500 C. elegans protein-coding genes and ~16,000 C. elegans non-coding genes;
  • Gene families;
  • Orthologies;
  • Genomic transcription factor binding sites
  • Comprehensive information on mutant alleles and their phenotypes;
  • Whole-genome RNAi (RNA interference) screens;
  • Genetic maps, markers and polymorphisms;
  • The C. elegans physical map;
  • Gene expression profiles (stage, tissue and cell) from microarrays, SAGE analysis and GFP promoter fusions;
  • The complete cell lineage of the worm;
  • The wiring diagram of the worm nervous system;
  • Protein-protein interaction Interactome data;
  • Genetic regulatory relationships;
  • Details of intra- and inter-specific sequence homologies (with links to other model organism databases).

In addition, WormBase contains an up-to-date searchable bibliography of C. elegans research and is linked to the WormBook project.

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