Joseph Jerrine, Rajendran Vasanthi, Hassan Sameer, Kumar Vanaja
Department of Bacteriology, Tuberculosis Research Centre (Indian Council of Medical Research), Mayor VR Ramanathan road, Chetput, Chennai - 600 031, India.
Bioinformation. 2011;6(10):393-4. doi: 10.6026/97320630006393. Epub 2011 Aug 2.
Mycobacteriophage genome database (MGDB) is an exclusive repository of the 64 completely sequenced mycobacteriophages with annotated information. It is a comprehensive compilation of the various gene parameters captured from several databases pooled together to empower mycobacteriophage researchers. The MGDB (Version No.1.0) comprises of 6086 genes from 64 mycobacteriophages classified into 72 families based on ACLAME database. Manual curation was aided by information available from public databases which was enriched further by analysis. Its web interface allows browsing as well as querying the classification. The main objective is to collect and organize the complexity inherent to mycobacteriophage protein classification in a rational way. The other objective is to browse the existing and new genomes and describe their functional annotation.
The database is available for free at http://mpgdb.ibioinformatics.org/mpgdb.php.
分枝杆菌噬菌体基因组数据库（MGDB）是64个已完全测序且带有注释信息的分枝杆菌噬菌体的独家储存库。它是汇集了多个数据库中获取的各种基因参数的综合汇编，旨在助力分枝杆菌噬菌体研究人员。MGDB（版本1.0）包含来自64个分枝杆菌噬菌体的6086个基因，根据ACLAME数据库分为72个家族。人工整理借助了公共数据库中的可用信息，并通过分析进一步丰富。其网络界面允许浏览和查询分类。主要目标是以合理的方式收集和整理分枝杆菌噬菌体蛋白质分类所固有的复杂性。另一个目标是浏览现有和新的基因组并描述其功能注释。
