HomeoDB: a database of homeobox gene diversity

The homeobox genes are a large and diverse group of genes, many of which play important roles in the embryonic development of animals. Comparative study of homeobox genes, both within and between species, requires an evolutionary-based classification. HomeoDB was designed and implemented as a manual...

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Published inEvolution & development Vol. 10; no. 5; pp. 516 - 518
Main Authors Zhong, Ying-Fu, Butts, Thomas, Holland, Peter W.H
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Malden, USA Malden, USA : Blackwell Publishing Inc 01.09.2008
Blackwell Publishing Inc
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Subjects
Animals
Branchiostoma floridae
Branchiostoma lanceolatum
Comparative studies
Databases, Genetic
Drosophila melanogaster
Evolutionary biology
Freeware
Genes, Homeobox
Genetics
Humans
Pseudogenes
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Summary:The homeobox genes are a large and diverse group of genes, many of which play important roles in the embryonic development of animals. Comparative study of homeobox genes, both within and between species, requires an evolutionary-based classification. HomeoDB was designed and implemented as a manually curated database to collect and present homeobox genes in an evolutionarily structured way, allowing genes, gene families and gene classes to be compared between species more readily than was possible previously. In its first release, HomeoDB includes all homeobox genes from human, amphioxus (Branchiostoma floridae) and fruitfly (Drosophila melanogaster); additional species can be added. HomeoDB is freely accessible at http://homeodb.cbi.pku.edu.cn.
Bibliography:http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-142X.2008.00266.x
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ISSN:1520-541X
1525-142X
DOI:10.1111/j.1525-142X.2008.00266.x