| URL: | http://sysbio.unl.edu/DFVF/ |
| Full name: | Database of Known Fungal Virulence Factors |
| Description: | DFVF collects 2058 pathogenic genes produced by 228 fungal strains from 85 genera which creates a pivotal platform capable of stimulating and facilitating further bench studies on fungal pathogens.The database is expected to greatly stimulate and facilitate further studies in fungal pathogens; both experimental biologists and computational biologists can use the database and/or the predicted virulence factors to guide their search for new virulence factors and/or discovery of new pathogen-host interaction mechanisms in fungi. |
| Year founded: | 2012 |
| Last update: | NA |
| Version: | V1.0 |
| Accessibility: | |
| Country/Region: | United States |
| Data type: | |
| Data object: | |
| Database category: | |
| Major species: | |
| Keywords: |
| University/Institution: | University of Nebraska at Lincoln |
| Address: | Lincoln,NE 68588,USA |
| City: | Lincoln |
| Province/State: | NE |
| Country/Region: | United States |
| Contact name (PI/Team): | Chi Zhang |
| Contact email (PI/Helpdesk): | czhang5@unl.edu |
|
DFVF: database of fungal virulence factors. [PMID: 23092926]
Fungal pathogens cause various diseases for plant and animal hosts. Despite the extensive impact of fungi on human health and life, the threats posed by emerging fungal pathogens are poorly understood. Specifically, there exist few fungal virulence gene databases, which prevent effective bioinformatics studies on fungal pathogens. Therefore, we constructed a comprehensive online database of known fungal virulence factors, which collected 2058 pathogenic genes produced by 228 fungal strains from 85 genera. This database creates a pivotal platform capable of stimulating and facilitating further bench studies on fungal pathogens. |