Gang Fang1,3, Christine Ho1, Virginie Cubas1, Yaowu Qiu1, Cédric Cabau1, Zhou Yu1, Frankie Cheung1, Ivan Moszer2,3, Antoine Danchin1,3
1HKU-Pasteur Research Centre, Dexter HC Man Building, 8,
Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China
2Plateforme Integration et Analyse des Génomes, Génopole,
Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
3Unité de Génétique des Génomes Bactériens, Institut Pasteur,
28 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
LeptoList is the reference database dedicated to the genome of Leptospira interrogans serovar Lai, the paradigm of leptospirosis causative agents (1). It has been developed as a spin-off of the B. subtilis genome project (2), GenoChore provides a data schema for the management of DNA and protein sequences, combined with the relevant annotations and functional assignments (3). Information about gene functions and products is updated by a curating team. LeptoList is based on a generic relational data schema and World-Wide Web interface developed for the handling of bacterial genomes, GenoChore. The underlying DataBase Management System used in the Hong Kong based databases is MySQL. The WWW interface was designed to allow users to easily browse through genome data and retrieve information according to common biological queries. LeptoList also provides more elaborate tools, such as pattern searching, which are tightly connected to the overall browsing system. LeptoList was accessible at the HKU Computer Center. Similar bacterial databases (for Bacillus anthracis, Bacillus cereus, Neisseria meningitidis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Streptomyces coelicolor, Thermoanaerobacter tengcongensis, Vibrio cholerae, Xylella fastidiosa, etc.) were accessible at the HKU Computer Center.
Several databases have been constructed following this data schema. Genes likely to be orthologs of genes identified in model genomes have been named accordingly. A "y" letter starting a gene name indicates that it has not been experimentally identified, nor convincingly identified after in silico analysis yet. In addition to providing sequence information on genome annotation, these databases allow selected curators to modify the annotations. If you are interested in curating some of these data please contact Antoine Danchin and Frankie Cheung to get a protected access to the curation pages.
| AeruList | Pseudomonas aeruginosa | AE004091 | ||
| AnthraList | Bacillus anthracis | AE016879 | ||
| CampyloList | Campylobacter jejuni | AL111168 | ||
| CereList | Bacillus cereus | AE016877 | ||
| CholeList | Vibrio cholerae | AE003852, AE003853 | ||
| CoeliList | Streptomyces coelicolor | AL645882 | ||
| InfluList | Haemophilus influenzae | L42023 | ||
| LeptoList | Leptospira interrogans LAI | AE010300, AE010301 | ||
| MeningoList | Neisseria meningitidis | AE002098 | ||
| SepiList | Staphylococcus epidermidis | AE015929 | ||
| SubtiList | Bacillus subtilis | AL009126 | ||
| ThermaList | Thermoanaerobacter tengcongensis | AE008691 | ||
| XylelList | Xylella fastidiosa | AE003849 | ||
| CunicuList | Encephalitozoon cuniculi (Microsporidia) | |
These databases are implemented at the Hong Kong University Computer Centre (Dr Nam Ng, Director) by Frankie Cheung. This effort is sponsored by the Innovation and Technology Fund of the government of the SAR Hong Kong, China (programme BIOSUPPORT), granted to A. Danchin for the creation of the HKU-Pasteur Research Centre, with the collaboration of N. Ng, Computer Centre. Initial development stages (4) of GenoList were performed in the framework of the European B. subtilis genome project (European commission Biotechnology program — contracts BIO2-CT93-0272, BIO2-CT94-2011, BIO4-CT96-0655), coordinated by F. Kunst and supported by the BACillus Industrial Platform (BACIP). We thank the contribution at various stages of P. Glaser, A. Hénaut, C. Médigue, M. Pupin, and A. Viari. We acknowledge the fruitful collaboration with A. Bairoch and the SWISS-PROT team.
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