SciDBMaker: new software for computer-aided design of specialized biological databases

Background: The exponential growth of research in molecular biology has brought concomitant proliferation of databases for stocking its findings. A variety of protein sequence databases exist. While all of these strive for completeness, the range of user interests is often beyond their scope. Large databases covering a broad range of domains tend to offer less detailed information than smaller, more specialized resources, often creating a need to combine data from many sources in order to obtain a complete picture. Scientific researchers are continually developing new specific databases to enhance their understanding of biological processes. Description: In this article, we present the implementation of a new tool for protein data analysis. With its easy-to-use user interface, this software provides the opportunity to build more specialized protein databases from a universal protein sequence database such as Swiss-Prot. A family of proteins known as bacteriocins is analyzed as 'p...

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2008
• Where: BMCBI
• Authors: Riadh Hammami, Abdelmajid Zouhir, Karim Naghmouchi, Jeannette Ben Hamida, Ismail Fliss
• Keywords: BMCBI 2008, Databases, Exponential Growth, Protein Sequence Databases