Genome browsing with Ensembl: a practical overview

• Published in: Briefings in functional genomics & proteomics Vol. 6; no. 3; pp. 202 - 219
• Main Authors: Spudich, Giulietta, Fernández-Suárez, Xosé M., Birney, Ewan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 01.09.2007; Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
• Subjects: Animals; Biotechnology - methods; Chromosome Mapping; Chromosomes - genetics; Chromosomes, Human - genetics; Contig Mapping; Databases, Nucleic Acid; Exons; Genome; Genome, Human; Genomics; Humans; Information sharing; Molecular biology; Open source software; Proteomics; RNA, Messenger - genetics; annotation; gene prediction; genome browser; Ensembl; data mining; comparative genomics

A wealth of gene information is accruing in public databases. Genome browsers such as Ensembl are needed to organize and depict this information in the context of the genome. Ensembl provides an open source gene set based on experimental evidence for over 30 species, the majority of which are verteb...