Review of FlyBase
Title: FlyBase
URL: http://www.flybase.org/
Date Reviewed:
Description:
The FlyBase is a database of genetic and molecular information for
drosophila (the primary species is Drosophila melanogaster). The information in
FlyBase includes:
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Information on genes and
mutant alleles
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Information about the
expression and properties of transcripts and proteins
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Information on the
functions of gene products
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Nucleic acid accession
numbers linked from gene records
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Protein sequence accession
numbers linked from protein records
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Information about natural
and engineered transposons and other molecular constructs
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Lists of genomic clones
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Descriptions of chromosomal
aberrations
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Descriptions of Drosophila
stocks held in stock centers and private labs
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Images that illustrate
Drosophila anatomy and development terms
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A bibliography of
Drosophila citations
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An address book of
Drosophila researchers
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Drosophila genetic,
cytological, and molecular map information
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Berkeley Drosophila Genome
Project data
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European Drosophila Genome
Project data
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Allied databases
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A searchable archive of
bionet.drosophila postings
Strengths:
This website is a collaboration of
The brief description for each gene is very understandable, and links to
other useful information is convenient. The reference seems better than SGD.
The allele link displays mutant constructs of a gene which might be loss-of-function,
gain-of-fuction or dominant negative mutants, and their corresponding
phenotypes. The update link displays recent information on certain gene.
Weaknesses:
Do not have a search engine for reference.
Comprehensiveness:
Very good.
Timeliness:
The website is updated every month.
Ease of Use:
Not bad. The summary part is good because it has a lot of hyperlinks.
Responsiveness:
Ok. Anyhow, it is faster than NCBI.
Similar or Related Sites:
SGD and MGI
Overall Evaluation:
4.5