Improvements to the GDB™ human genome data base

Kenneth H. Fasman, Stanley I. Letovsky, Robert W. Cottingham, David T. Kingsbury

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Abstract

Version 6.0 of the Human Genome Data Base introduces a number of significant improvements over previous releases of GDB. The most important of these are revised data representations for genes and genomic maps and a new curatorial model for the database. GDB 6.0 is the first major genomic database to provide read/write access directly to the scientific community, including capabilities for third-party annotation. The revised database can represent all major categories of genetic and physical maps, along with the underlying order and distance information used to construct them. The improved representation permits more sophisticated map queries to be posed and supports the graphical display of maps. In addition, the new GDB has a richer model for gene information, better suited for supporting cross-references to databases describing gene function, structure, products, expression and associated phenotypes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)57-63
Number of pages7
JournalNucleic Acids Research
Volume24
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1996
Externally publishedYes

Funding

The GDB Human Genome Data Base is an international project funded by a grant from the US Department of Energy (DE-FC02-9ER6130) with additional support from the US National Institutes of Health, the Science and Technology Agency of Japan, the Medical Research Council of the UK, the INSERM of France and the European Union.

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