| URL: | http://www.snakebd.com |
| Full name: | A Database of Indigenous Snake Species of Bangladesh with respective known venom composition. |
| Description: | Bangladesh, being located in the humid tropical region is very rich in species diversity both for flora and fauna. According to the report funded by UNDP, IUCN has reported that the country has about 113 species of mammals, over 630 species of birds, 125 species of reptiles and 22 species of amphibians (Position of Bangladesh vis-a-vis Convention on Biological Diversity. URL: http://www.sdnbd.org/biodiv_iucn.htm). At present this massive biodiversity is at high risk due to overwhelming population growth and reclamation of the forest and wildlife habitat to mitigate increasing land requirement for accommodation and food. |
| Year founded: | 2015 |
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| Country/Region: | Bangladesh |
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| University/Institution: | University of Rajshahi |
| Address: | Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh |
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| Country/Region: | Bangladesh |
| Contact name (PI/Team): | Zahida Yesmin Roly |
| Contact email (PI/Helpdesk): | oporajitait@gmail.com |
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ISOB: A Database of Indigenous Snake Species of Bangladesh with respective known venom composition. [PMID: 25848172]
At present there is no well structured database available for the venomous snakes and venom composition of snakes in the world although venom has immense importance in biomedical research. Searching for a specific venom component from NCBI, PDB or public databases is troublesome, because they contain huge amount of data entries. Therefore, we created a database named "ISOB" which is a web accessible unique secondary database that represents the first online available bioinformatics resource showing venom composition of snakes. This database provides a comprehensive overview of seventy-eight indigenous snake species covering description of snakes supplemented with structural information of the relevant individual available venom proteins. We strongly believe that this database will contribute significantly in the field of bioinformatics, environmental research, proteomics, drug development and rationale drug designing. |