DIGA--a database of improved gene annotation for phytopathogens.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Bacterial plant pathogens are very harmful to their host plants, which can cause devastating agricultural losses in the world. With the development of microbial genome sequencing, many strains of phytopathogens have been sequenced. However, some misannotations exist in these phytopathogen genomes. Our objective is to improve these annotations and store them in a central database DIGAP.

Description

DIGAP includes the following improved information on phytopathogen genomes. (i) All the 'hypothetical proteins' were checked, and non-coding ORFs recognized by the Z curve method were removed. (ii) The translation initiation sites (TISs) of 20% approximately 25% of all the protein-coding genes have been corrected based on the NCBI RefSeq, ProTISA database and an ab initi

SUBMITTER: Gao N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2825234 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature