PgmNr C69: TetraMine and Web Apollo at Tetrahymena Genome Database.

Authors:
Naomi Stover; William Chu


Institutes
Bradley University, Peoria, IL.


Abstract:

Tetrahymena Genome Database (TGD; Ciliate.org) has provided information on the genes, proteins, and genomes of Tetrahymena thermophila and related ciliate species since 2004.  The latest additions to the tool set at this community website are TetraMine and Web Apollo. TetraMine is built using InterMine, an open source software package developed for the integration and analysis of complex biological data. We have incorporated the data from TGD Wiki, our community annotation and data display service, into TetraMine and schedule regular updates to maintain user annotations at both sites. Web Apollo at TGD utilizes the open source Web Apollo package, which allows update of genome sequence annotations by members of the Tetrahymena research community.  Web Apollo has been loaded with the final sequences produced from JCVI and is now accepting community annotations of gene start/stop sequences and intron/exon boundaries.  Combining these two new tools with the existing resources at TGD, including TGD Wiki and the Student/Unpublished Research Database (SUPRDB), Tetrahymena researchers have access to the advanced search and editing techniques necessary to capture the latest annotations based on published and unpublished research.  .