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. 2012 Nov 30;41(Database issue):D1–D7. doi: 10.1093/nar/gks1297

Table 1.

New online databases featured in the 2013 NAR Database issue

Database name URL Brief description
APPRIS http://appris.bioinfo.cnio.es/ A system for annotating alternative splice isoforms
BioLiP http://zhanglab.ccmb.med.umich.edu/BioLiP/ Biologically relevant ligand–protein interactions
BSRD http://kwanlab.bio.cuhk.edu.hk/BSRD A repository of bacterial small regulatory RNA
CellLineNavigator http://www.medicalgenomics.org/celllinenavigator Cell line expression profiles by microarray analysis
ChIPBase http://deepbase.sysu.edu.cn/chipbase/ Transcriptional regulation of lncRNA and microRNA genes from ChIP-Seq data
ChiTaRS http://chimerasrch.bioinfo.cnio.es/ Chimeric RNAs of two or more different transcripts
CIL-CCDB http://www.cellimagelibrary.org/ Images, videos and animations of various cell types from diverse organisms
CircaDB http://bioinf.itmat.upenn.edu/circa/ Circadian gene expression profiles in human and mouse
CloneDB http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clone/ Clones and libraries: sequence data, map positions and distributor information
ClusterMine360 http://www.sigma54.ca/microbialclusters/ Microbial PKS/NRPS Biosynthesis
Cyanolyase http://cyanolyase.genouest.org/ Sequences and motifs of the phycobilin lyase protein family
D2P2 http://d2p2.pro/ Database of Disordered Protein Predictions
dbVar http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/dbvar Structural variation in chromosomes: inversions, translocations, insertions and deletions
DGVa http://www.ebi.ac.uk/dgva/
dcGO http://supfam.org/SUPERFAMILY/dcGO domain-centric Gene Ontology
Dfam http://dfam.janelia.org Human DNA repeat families
DGA http://dga.nubic.northwestern.edu/ Disease and Gene Annotations database
DIANA-LncBase http://www.microrna.gr/LncBase microRNA targets on long noncoding RNAs
DoBISCUIT http://www.bio.nite.go.jp/pks/ Database Of BIoSynthesis clusters CUrated and InTegrated
EBI Enzyme Portal http://www.ebi.ac.uk/enzymeportal Various kinds of information about enzymes: small-molecule chemistry, biochemical pathways and drug compounds
ECMDB http://www.ecmdb.ca/ Escherichia coli Metabolome Database
EENdb http://eendb.zfgenetics.org/ Engineered endonucleases: zinc finger nucleases and transcription activator-like effector nucleases
eProS http://bioservices.hs-mittweida.de/Epros/ Energy profiles of protein structures
Factorbook http://www.factorbook.org/ Human transcription factor-binding data from ChIP-seq
G4LDB http://www.g4ldb.org/ G-quadruplex Ligands Database
GDSC http://www.cancerRxgene.org/ Genomics of Drug Sensitivity in Cancer: Sensitivity for anti-cancer drugs in various cell lines
GeneTack http://topaz.gatech.edu/GeneTack/db.html Genes with frameshifts in prokaryotic genomes and eukaryotic mRNA sequences
Genome3D http://genome3d.eu/ Domain structure predictions and 3D models for proteins from model genomes
Glycan Fragment DB http://www.glycanstructure.org/fragment-db Database of glycan 3D structures
H2DB http://tga.nig.ac.jp/h2db/ Heritability data with trait-associated genomic loci
HBVdb http://hbvdb.ibcp.fr/HBVdb/ A knowledge database for the Hepatitis B Virus
HemaExplorer http://servers.binf.ku.dk/shs/ Gene expression profiles in haematopoiesis
HEXEvent http://hertellab.mmg.uci.edu/cgi-bin/HEXEvent/HEXEventWEB.cgi Human Exone Splicing Events
HOCOMOCO http://autosome.ru/HOCOMOCO, http://cbrc.kaust.edu.sa/hocomoco/ HOmo sapiens COmprehensive MOdel COllection of hand-curated transcription factor-binding site models
KIDFamMap http://gemdock.life.nctu.edu.tw/KIDFamMap/ Kinase-Inhibitor-Disease Family Map
LAMP http://www.llamp.net/ Library of Apicomplexan Metabolic Pathways
Lncipedia http://www.lncipedia.org/ Human lncRNA gene sequences and structures
LncRNADisease http://cmbi.bjmu.edu.cn/lncrnadisease Long non-coding RNA-associated diseases
LUCApedia http://eeb.princeton.edu/lucapedia/ Predicted genome of Last Universal Common Ancestor
meta.MicrobesOnline http://meta.MicrobesOnline.org/ Comparative genomic tools for metagenome analysis
MetaboLights http://www.ebi.ac.uk/metabolights Metabolomics experiments and associated metadata
MetalPDB http://metalweb.cerm.unifi.it/ Metal-binding sites in macromolecular structures
METscout http://metscout.mpg.de Spatial organization of metabolic reactions in the mouse
MonarchBase http://monarchbase.umassmed.edu/ Genome biology of the monarch butterfly Danaus plexippus
NetwoRx http://ophid.utoronto.ca/networx/ Chemogenomic experiments in yeast: connection of drug response to biological pathways, phenotypes, and networks
NCBI Bookshelf http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books Free online books on the NCBI website
NHPRTR http://nhprtr.org/ Non-human Primate Reference Transcriptome Resource
NIH Genetic Testing Registry http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gtr/ Genetic tests and laboratories that perform them
NPACT http://crdd.osdd.net/raghava/npact/ Naturally occurring Plant-based Anticancer Compound Targets
OikoBase http://oikoarrays.biology.uiowa.edu/Oiko/ Genome expression database of Oikopleura dioica
OrtholugeDB http://www.pathogenomics.sfu.ca/ortholugedb/ Microbial orthology resource
OrysPSSP http://genoportal.org/SPD/index.do Small secreted proteins from rice
Papillomavirus Episteme http://PaVE.niaid.nih.gov/ A database of Papillomaviridae family of viruses
PGDD http://chibba.agtec.uga.edu/duplication/ Plant Genome Duplication Database
PIECE http://probes.pw.usda.gov/piece/ Plant Intron Exon Comparison and Evolution
PlantRNA http://plantrna.ibmp.cnrs.fr/ tRNAs of plants and algae
PR2 http://ssu-rrna.org/ Protist Ribosomal reference database
prePPI http://bhapp.c2b2.columbia.edu/PrePPI Predicted and experimentally determined protein–protein interactions for yeast and human
PTMcode http://ptmcode.embl.de/ Functional associations between posttranslational modifications within proteins
Quorumpeps http://quorumpeps.ugent.be/ A database of quorum-sensing peptides
RhesusBase http://www.rhesusbase.org/ A Knowledgebase for the Monkey Research Community
RiceFREND http://ricefrend.dna.affrc.go.jp/ Rice Functionally Related gene Expression Network Database
RNApathwaysDB http://rnb.genesilico.pl/ A database of RNA processing pathways
SecReT4 http://db-mml.sjtu.edu.cn/SecReT4/ Type IV Secretion system Resource
SEVA http://seva.cnb.csic.es/SEVA/ Standard European Vector Architecture: a collection of plasmids to analyse complex prokaryotic phenotypes
SIFTS http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbe/docs/sifts/ Structure Integration with Function, Taxonomy and Sequences
SINEBase http://sines.eimb.ru A database of short interspersed elements (SINEs)
SomamiR http://compbio.uthsc.edu/SomamiR/ Somatic mutations that impact microRNA targeting in cancer
Spermatogenesis Online http://mcg.ustc.edu.cn/sdap1/spermgenes/ Spermatogenesis-related genes
SpliceAid-F http://mi.caspur.it/SpliceAidF/ Human splicing factors and their RNA-binding sites
Spliceosome Database http://spliceosomedb.ucsc.edu/ Spliceosome genes and proteins, splicing complexes
StreptomeDB http://streptomedb.pharmaceutical-bioinformatics.de Antibiotic, anti-tumour and immunosuppressant drugs produced by Streptomyces spp.
SwissBioisostere http://www.swissbioisostere.ch/ Molecular replacements for ligand design
SwissSidechain http://www.swisssidechain.ch/ Non-natural amino acid sidechains for protein engineering
SynSysNet http://bioinformatics.charite.de/synsysnet/ Synapse proteins, their structures and interactions
TCMID http://www.megabionet.org/tcmid/ Traditional Chinese Medicine Integrated Database
TFClass http://www.edgar-wingender.de/huTF_classification.html Human transcription factors classified according to their DNA-binding domains
TissueNet http://netbio.bgu.ac.il/tissuenet/ Tissue distribution of protein–protein interactions
TOPPR http://iomics.ugent.be/toppr/ The Online Protein Processing Resource
TSGene http://bioinfo.mc.vanderbilt.edu/TSGene/ Tumor Suppressor Gene database
UCNEbase http://ccg.vital-it.ch/UCNEbase/ Ultraconserved non-coding elements and gene regulatory blocks
UUCD http://uucd.biocuckoo.org/ Ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like conjugation database
ValidNESs http://validness.ym.edu.tw/ Validated nuclear export signals-containing proteins
Voronoia4RNA http://proteinformatics.charite.de/voronoia4rna/tools/v4rna/index Packing of RNA molecules and complexes
WDDD http://so.qbic.riken.jp/wddd/ Worm Developmental Dynamics Database
WholeCellKB http://wholecellkb.stanford.edu/ Pathway and genome database of Mycoplasma genitalium for whole-cell modelling
WormQTL http://www.wormqtl.org Natural variation data in Caenorhabditis spp.
YM500 http://ngs.ym.edu.tw/ym500/ smRNA-seq database for miRNA research
ZInC http://research.nhgri.nih.gov/zinc Zebrafish Insertions Collection