Table 1.

Tools available on http://genome.ucsc.edu/ for accessing the GBD

Tool	Description
Genome Browser	Visual display of genome annotations
Table Browser	Flexible, powerful querying of genome and proteome data
Gene Sorter	Gene-focused tool for identifying related genes
Proteome Browser	Visual display of protein properties
BLAT	Rapid search for nucleotide or protein sequence in genome
In Silico PCR	Rapid search for products of primer pairs based on BLAT engine