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AGD

General information

URL: http://agd.vital-it.ch
Full name: Ashbya Genome Database
Description: AGD 3.0 is a genome/transcriptome database containing gene annotation and high-density oligonucleotide microarray expression data for protein-coding genes from Ashbya gossypii and the model organism Saccharomyces cerevisiae. It also provides access to comparative genomics data from those two fungi as well as Schizosaccharomyces pombe and Neurospora crassa.
Year founded: 2005
Last update: 2007
Version: 3.0
Accessibility:
Unaccessible
Country/Region: Switzerland

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Contact information

University/Institution: University of Basel
Address: Klingelbergstrasse 50-70, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
City: Basel
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Country/Region: Switzerland
Contact name (PI/Team): Michael Primig
Contact email (PI/Helpdesk): michael.primig@unibas.ch

Publications

17212814
Ashbya Genome Database 3.0: a cross-species genome and transcriptome browser for yeast biologists. [PMID: 17212814]
Gattiker A, Rischatsch R, Demougin P, Voegeli S, Dietrich FS, Philippsen P, Primig M.

The Ashbya Genome Database (AGD) 3.0 is an innovative cross-species genome and transcriptome browser based on release 40 of the Ensembl developer environment. AGD 3.0 provides information on 4726 protein-encoding loci and 293 non-coding RNA genes present in the genome of the filamentous fungus Ashbya gossypii. A synteny viewer depicts the chromosomal location and orientation of orthologous genes in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genome-wide expression profiling data obtained with high-density oligonucleotide microarrays (GeneChips) are available for nearly all currently annotated protein-coding loci in A. gossypii and S. cerevisiae. AGD 3.0 hence provides yeast- and genome biologists with comprehensive report pages including reliable DNA annotation, Gene Ontology terms associated with S. cerevisiae orthologues and RNA expression data as well as numerous links to external sources of information. The database is accessible at http://agd.vital-it.ch/.

BMC Genomics. 2007:8() | 38 Citations (from Europe PMC, 2025-12-20)
15608214
The Ashbya Genome Database (AGD)--a tool for the yeast community and genome biologists. [PMID: 15608214]
Hermida L, Brachat S, Voegeli S, Philippsen P, Primig M.

The Ashbya Genome Database (AGD) is a comprehensive online source of information covering genes from the filamentous fungus Ashbya gossypii. The database content is based upon comparative genome annotation between A.gossypii and the closely related budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae taking both sequence similarity and synteny (conserved order and orientation) into account. Release 2 of AGD contains 4718 protein-encoding loci located across seven chromosomes. Information can be retrieved using systematic or standard locus names from A.gossypii as well as budding and fission yeast. Approximately 90% of the genes in the genome of A.gossypii are homologous and syntenic to loci of budding yeast. Therefore, AGD is a useful tool not only for the various yeast communities in general but also for biologists who are interested in evolutionary aspects of genome research and comparative genome annotation. The database provides scientists with a convenient graphical user interface that includes various locus search and genome browsing options, data download and export functionalities and numerous reciprocal links to external databases including SGD, MIPS, GeneDB, KEGG, GermOnline and Swiss-Prot/TrEMBL. AGD is accessible at http://agd.unibas.ch/.

Nucleic Acids Res. 2005:33(Database issue) | 13 Citations (from Europe PMC, 2025-12-20)

Ranking

All databases:
2151/6895 (68.818%)
Gene genome and annotation:
670/2021 (66.898%)
Expression:
753/1347 (44.172%)
2151
Total Rank
50
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