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Using FlyBase to Find Functionally Related Drosophila Genes.

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Peer-reviewed

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Book chapter

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Authors

Rey, Alix J 
Attrill, Helen 
Marygold, Steven J 
FlyBase Consortium 

Abstract

For more than 25 years, FlyBase ( flybase.org ) has served as an online database of biological information on the genus Drosophila, concentrating on the model organism D. melanogaster. Traditionally, FlyBase data have been organized and presented at a gene-by-gene level, which remains a useful perspective when the object of interest is a specific gene or gene product. However, in the modern era of a fully sequenced genome and an increasingly characterized proteome, it is often desirable to compile and analyze lists of genes related by a common function. This may be achieved in FlyBase by searching for genes annotated with relevant Gene Ontology (GO) terms and/or protein domain data. In addition, FlyBase provides preassembled lists of functionally related D. melanogaster genes within "Gene Group" reports. These are compiled manually from the published literature or expert databases and greatly facilitate access to, and analysis of, established gene sets. This chapter describes protocols to produce lists of functionally related genes in FlyBase using GO annotations, protein domain data and the Gene Groups resource, and provides guidance and advice for their further analysis and processing.

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Title

Using FlyBase to Find Functionally Related Drosophila Genes.

Keywords

D. melanogaster, Database, Drosophila, FlyBase, Functionally related genes, Gene Ontology, Gene group, Protein domain, Animals, Databases, Genetic, Drosophila, Gene Ontology, Genes, Insect, Genome, Insect, Genomics, Informatics, Search Engine, Software, User-Computer Interface, Web Browser

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Methods in Molecular Biology

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Publisher

Springer New York

ISBN

978-1-4939-7736-9
Sponsorship
National Institutes of Health (NIH) (via Harvard University) (132626-5085854)
Medical Research Council (MR/N030117/1)
National Human Genome Research Institute (P41HG000739)