Glasner Jeremy D, Plunkett Guy, Anderson Bradley D, Baumler David J, Biehl Bryan S, Burland Valerie, Cabot Eric L, Darling Aaron E, Mau Bob, Neeno-Eckwall Eric C, Pot David, Qiu Yu, Rissman Anna I, Worzella Sara, Zaremba Sam, Fedorko Joel, Hampton Tom, Liss Paul, Rusch Michael, Shaker Matthew, Shaull Lorie, Shetty Panna, Thotakura Silpa, Whitmore Jon, Blattner Frederick R, Greene John M, Perna Nicole T
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Nucleic Acids Res. 2008 Jan;36(Database issue):D519-23. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkm973. Epub 2007 Nov 13.
ERIC, the Enteropathogen Resource Integration Center (www.ericbrc.org), is a new web portal serving as a rich source of information about enterobacteria on the NIAID established list of Select Agents related to biodefense-diarrheagenic Escherichia coli, Shigella spp., Salmonella spp., Yersinia enterocolitica and Yersinia pestis. More than 30 genomes have been completely sequenced, many more exist in draft form and additional projects are underway. These organisms are increasingly the focus of studies using high-throughput experimental technologies and computational approaches. This wealth of data provides unprecedented opportunities for understanding the workings of basic biological systems and discovery of novel targets for development of vaccines, diagnostics and therapeutics. ERIC brings information together from disparate sources and supports data comparison across different organisms, analysis of varying data types and visualization of analyses in human and computer-readable formats.
