VectorBase -- A genomic resource for invertebrates of human pathogens
What you can do:
Search for genomic sequences, EST data, organisms images, and annotation on several invertebrates human pathogens.
Highlights:
- VectorBase is an NIAID-funded Bioinformatic Resource Center focused on invertebrate vectors of human pathogens.
- It annotates and curates vector genomes providing a web accessible integrated resource for the research community.
- Currently, VectorBase contains genome information for three mosquito species: Aedes aegypti, Anopheles gambiae and Culex quinquefasciatus, a body louse Pediculus humanus and a tick species Ixodes scapularis.
- In this update, VectorBase has initiated a community annotation system, a microarray and gene expression repository and controlled vocabularies for anatomy and insecticide resistance.
Keywords:
- invertebrate human pathogens
- mosquito genomes
- Anopheles gambiae
- Aedes aegypti
- Ixodes scapularis
- Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus
- insects genomes
- invertebrates
- EST
- Expressed sequence tags
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This record last updated: 02-04-2009