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InsectBase

General information

URL: http://v2.insect-genome.com/
Full name: a comprehensive gene resource for insects
Description: InsectBase is a database for insect gene resources, and it serves as a valuable resource to meet the multiple research needs of entomologists, as well as the related research communities of animal evolution and invertebrate comparative genomics. The current version contains more than 16 million sequences, including 817 insect genomes in 20 orders, 158 families, 457 genera. It provides 15,045,111 coding sequences of 713 species, 3,436,022 3'UTRs and 4,345,664 5'UTRs of 374 species, 112,162 miRNAs of 807 species, and 1,293,430 lncRNAs of 376 species.
Year founded: 2016
Last update: 2023-04-03
Version: v2.0
Accessibility:
Accessible
Country/Region: China

Contact information

University/Institution: Zhejiang University
Address: Ministry of Agriculture, Key Lab of Agricultural Entomology and Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou 310058, China
City: Hangzhou
Province/State: Zhejiang
Country/Region: China
Contact name (PI/Team): Fei Li
Contact email (PI/Helpdesk): lifei18@zju.edu.cn

Publications

34792158
InsectBase 2.0: a comprehensive gene resource for insects. [PMID: 34792158]
Mei Y, Jing D, Tang S, Chen X, Chen H, Duanmu H, Cong Y, Chen M, Ye X, Zhou H, He K, Li F.

Insects are the largest group of animals on the planet and have a huge impact on human life by providing resources, transmitting diseases, and damaging agricultural crop production. Recently, a large amount of insect genome and gene data has been generated. A comprehensive database is highly desirable for managing, sharing, and mining these resources. Here, we present an updated database, InsectBase 2.0 (http://v2.insect-genome.com/), covering 815 insect genomes, 25 805 transcriptomes and >16 million genes, including 15 045 111 coding sequences, 3 436 022 3'UTRs, 4 345 664 5'UTRs, 112 162 miRNAs and 1 293 430 lncRNAs. In addition, we used an in-house standard pipeline to annotate 1 434 653 genes belonging to 164 gene families; 215 986 potential horizontally transferred genes; and 419 KEGG pathways. Web services such as BLAST, JBrowse2 and Synteny Viewer are provided for searching and visualization. InsectBase 2.0 serves as a valuable platform for entomologists and researchers in the related communities of animal evolution and invertebrate comparative genomics.

Nucleic Acids Res. 2022:50(D1) | 113 Citations (from Europe PMC, 2025-12-20)
26578584
InsectBase: a resource for insect genomes and transcriptomes. [PMID: 26578584]
Yin C, Shen G, Guo D, Wang S, Ma X, Xiao H, Liu J, Zhang Z, Liu Y, Zhang Y, Yu K, Huang S, Li F.

The genomes and transcriptomes of hundreds of insects have been sequenced. However, insect community lacks an integrated, up-to-date collection of insect gene data. Here, we introduce the first release of InsectBase, available online at http://www.insect-genome.com. The database encompasses 138 insect genomes, 116 insect transcriptomes, 61 insect gene sets, 36 gene families of 60 insects, 7544 miRNAs of 69 insects, 96 925 piRNAs of Drosophila melanogaster and Chilo suppressalis, 2439 lncRNA of Nilaparvata lugens, 22 536 pathways of 78 insects, 678 881 untranslated regions (UTR) of 84 insects and 160 905 coding sequences (CDS) of 70 insects. This release contains over 12 million sequences and provides search functionality, a BLAST server, GBrowse, insect pathway construction, a Facebook-like network for the insect community (iFacebook), and phylogenetic analysis of selected genes. © The Author(s) 2015. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Nucleic Acids Research.

Nucleic Acids Res. 2016:44(D1) | 99 Citations (from Europe PMC, 2025-12-20)

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695/6895 (89.935%)
Gene genome and annotation:
244/2021 (87.976%)
695
Total Rank
202
Citations
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Created on: 2016-01-06
Curated by:
Xinyu Zhou [2023-09-19]
Xinyu Zhou [2023-09-14]
Lina Ma [2023-02-25]
Sicheng Luo [2022-05-12]
Lin Liu [2016-01-29]
Lin Liu [2016-01-06]