HomeoDB2: functional expansion of a comparative homeobox gene database for evolutionary developmental biology

SUMMARY Homeobox gene database (HomeoDB), a manually curated database of homeobox genes and their classification, has been well received since its release in 2008. Here, we report HomeoDB2, an expansion and improvement of the original database that provides greater functionality for the user. HomeoD...

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Published inEvolution & development Vol. 13; no. 6; pp. 567 - 568
Main Authors Zhong, Ying-fu, Holland, Peter W. H.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.11.2011
WILEY-VCH Verlag
Subjects
Animals
Bees - genetics
Caenorhabditis elegans - genetics
Chickens - genetics
Databases, Nucleic Acid
Drosophila melanogaster - genetics
Evolution & development
Evolution, Molecular
Genes
Genes, Homeobox
Humans
Resource
Tribolium - genetics
Urochordata - genetics
Xenopus
Zebrafish - genetics
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Summary:SUMMARY Homeobox gene database (HomeoDB), a manually curated database of homeobox genes and their classification, has been well received since its release in 2008. Here, we report HomeoDB2, an expansion and improvement of the original database that provides greater functionality for the user. HomeoDB2 includes all homeobox loci from 10 animal genomes (human, mouse, chicken, frog, zebrafish, amphioxus, nematode, fruitfly, beetle, honeybee) plus tools for downloading sequences, comparing between species and BLAST searching. HomeoDB2 provides a resource for studying the dynamics of homeobox gene evolution, and is freely accessible at http://homeodb.zoo.ox.ac.uk
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ISSN:1520-541X
1525-142X
DOI:10.1111/j.1525-142X.2011.00513.x