BodyMap-Xs: anatomical breakdown of 17 million animal ESTs for cross-species comparison of gene expression

O. Ogasawara
2006 Nucleic Acids Research  
BodyMap-Xs (http://bodymap.jp) is a database for cross-species gene expression comparison. It was created by the anatomical breakdown of 17 million animal expressed sequence tag (EST) records in DDBJ using a sorting program tailored for this purpose. In BodyMap-Xs, users are allowed to compare the expression patterns of orthologous and paralogous genes in a coherent manner. This will provide valuable insights for the evolutionary study of gene expression and identification of a responsive motif
more » ... for a particular expression pattern. In addition, starting from a concise overview of the taxonomical and anatomical breakdown of all animal ESTs, users can navigate to obtain gene expression ranking of a particular tissue in a particular animal. This method may lead to the understanding of the similarities and differences between the homologous tissues across animal species. BodyMap-Xs will be automatically updated in synchronization with the major update in DDBJ, which occurs periodically.
doi:10.1093/nar/gkj137 pmid:16381946 pmcid:PMC1347499 fatcat:vzpoqe7xkbh5fl63kpgjkmjooq