Database model and specification of GermOnline Release 2.0, a cross-species community annotation knowledgebase on germ cell differentiation

Bioinformatics. 2004 Mar 22;20(5):808-11. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/bth030. Epub 2004 Jan 29.

Abstract

GermOnline is a web-accessible relational database that enables life scientists to make a significant and sustained contribution to the annotation of genes relevant for the fields of mitosis, meiosis, germ line development and gametogenesis across species. This novel approach to genome annotation includes a platform for knowledge submission and curation as well as microarray data storage and visualization hosted by a global network of servers.

Availability: The database is accessible at http://www.germonline.org/. For convenient world-wide access we have set up a network of servers in Europe (http://germonline.unibas.ch/; http://germonline.igh.cnrs.fr/), Japan (http://germonline.biochem.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/) and USA (http://germonline.yeastgenome.org/).

Supplementary information: Extended documentation of the database is available through the link 'About GermOnline' at the websites.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Cell Differentiation / genetics
  • Database Management Systems*
  • Databases, Genetic*
  • Documentation / methods*
  • Gene Expression Profiling / methods
  • Germ Cells / cytology*
  • Germ Cells / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Information Dissemination / methods
  • Information Storage and Retrieval / methods*
  • Internet
  • Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis / methods
  • Species Specificity
  • User-Computer Interface*