Article
Laminin database: a tool to retrieve high-throughput and curated data for studies on laminins
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GOLBERT, Daiane C. F. et al. Laminin database: a tool to retrieve high-throughput and curated data for studies on laminins. Nucleic Acids Research, v. 39, p. D320-D323, 17 Nov. 2011. Supplement 1.
0305-1048
10.1093/nar/gkq1055
1362-4962
Autor
Golbert, Daiane C. F.
Lacerda, Leandra Linhares
Almeida, Luiz G.
Santana, Eliane Correa de
Oliveira, Alice R. de
Mundstein, Alex S.
Savino, Wilson
Vasconcelos, Ana T. R. de
Resumen
The Laminin(LM)-database, hosted at http://www.lm.lncc.br, is the first database focusing a noncollagenous extracellular matrix protein family, the LMs. Part of the knowledge available in this website is automatically retrieved, whereas a significant amount of information is curated and annotated, thus placing LM-database beyond a simple repository of data. In its home page, an overview of the rationale for the database is seen and readers can access a tutorial to facilitate navigation in the website, which in turn is presented with tabs subdivided into LMs, receptors, extracellular binding and other related proteins. Each tab opens into a given LM or LM-related molecule, where the reader finds a series of further tabs for ‘protein’, ‘gene structure’, ‘gene expression’ and ‘tissue distribution’ and ‘therapy’. Data are separated as a function of species, comprising Homo sapiens, Mus musculus and Rattus novergicus. Furthermore, there is specific tab displaying the LM nomenclatures. In another tab, a direct link to PubMed, which can be then consulted in a specific way, in terms of the biological functions of each molecule, knockout animals and genetic diseases, immune response and lymphomas/leukemias. LM-database will hopefully be a relevant tool for retrieving information concerning LMs in health and disease, particularly regarding the hemopoietic system.