TparvaDB: A database to support Theileria parva vaccine development

We describe the development of TparvaDB, a comprehensive resource to facilitate research towards development of an East Coast fever vaccine, by providing an integrated user-friendly database of all genome and related data currently available for Theileria parva. TparvaDB is based on the Generic Mode...

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Main Authors: Visendi, P., Ng'ang'a, W., Bulimo, Wallace, Bishop, Richard P., Ochanda, J., Villiers, Etienne P. de
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford University Press 2011
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/35283
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Summary:We describe the development of TparvaDB, a comprehensive resource to facilitate research towards development of an East Coast fever vaccine, by providing an integrated user-friendly database of all genome and related data currently available for Theileria parva. TparvaDB is based on the Generic Model Organism Database (GMOD) platform. It contains a complete reference genome sequence, Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs), Massively Parallel Signature Sequencing (MPSS) expression tag data and related information from both public and private repositories. The Artemis annotation workbench provides online annotation functionality. TparvaDB represents a resource that will underpin and promote ongoing East Coast fever vaccine development and biological research.