Liew Yi Jin, Aranda Manuel, Voolstra Christian R
Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE), Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia.
Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE), Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia
Database (Oxford). 2016 Dec 26;2016. doi: 10.1093/database/baw152. Print 2016.
Over the last decade, technological advancements have substantially decreased the cost and time of obtaining large amounts of sequencing data. Paired with the exponentially increased computing power, individual labs are now able to sequence genomes or transcriptomes to investigate biological questions of interest. This has led to a significant increase in available sequence data. Although the bulk of data published in articles are stored in public sequence databases, very often, only raw sequencing data are available; miscellaneous data such as assembled transcriptomes, genome annotations etc. are not easily obtainable through the same means. Here, we introduce our website (http://reefgenomics.org) that aims to centralize genomic and transcriptomic data from marine organisms. Besides providing convenient means to download sequences, we provide (where applicable) a genome browser to explore available genomic features, and a BLAST interface to search through the hosted sequences. Through the interface, multiple datasets can be queried simultaneously, allowing for the retrieval of matching sequences from organisms of interest. The minimalistic, no-frills interface reduces visual clutter, making it convenient for end-users to search and explore processed sequence data. DATABASE URL: http://reefgenomics.org.
在过去十年中，技术进步大幅降低了获取大量测序数据的成本和时间。与呈指数级增长的计算能力相结合，各个实验室现在能够对基因组或转录组进行测序，以研究感兴趣的生物学问题。这导致可用序列数据显著增加。尽管发表在文章中的大部分数据存储在公共序列数据库中，但通常只有原始测序数据可用；诸如组装转录组、基因组注释等杂项数据不容易通过相同方式获得。在这里，我们介绍我们的网站（http://reefgenomics.org），其旨在集中来自海洋生物的基因组和转录组数据。除了提供方便的序列下载方式外，我们还（在适用的情况下）提供一个基因组浏览器来探索可用的基因组特征，以及一个BLAST界面来搜索托管序列。通过该界面，可以同时查询多个数据集，从而从感兴趣的生物体中检索匹配序列。简约、朴实无华的界面减少了视觉干扰，便于最终用户搜索和探索经过处理的序列数据。数据库网址：http://reefgenomics.org。
