Table 2.

Feature comparison between GeneSetDB and existing databases.

Feature	GeneSetDB	ConceptGen [9]	DAVID [10]	MSigDB [13]	WhichGenes [14]
Pathway database #	9	3	6	7	3
Disease/Phenotype database #	7	1	2	2a	4
Drug/Chemical database #	5	1	0	1a	1
Whole data downloadable	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
Making of original gene set	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
Gene/gene set intersection map	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Gene set/gene set intersection map	Yes	No	No	No	No
Organismsb	Hs, Mm, Rn	Hs, Mm, Rn	Over 65 000 species	Dr, Hs, Mm, Mmu, Rn	Hs, Mm

^aIncluding original curated datasets.

^bDr: Danio rerio, Hs: Homo sapiens, Mm: Mus musculus, Mmu: Macaca mulatta, Rn: Rattus norvegicus.