FlyBase portals to human disease research using Drosophila models.

ABSTRACT: The use of Drosophila melanogaster as a model for studying human disease is well established, reflected by the steady increase in both the number and proportion of fly papers describing human disease models in recent years. In this article, we highlight recent efforts to improve the availability and accessibility of the disease model information in FlyBase (http://flybase.org), the model organism database for Drosophila. FlyBase has recently introduced Human Disease Model Reports, each of which presents background information on a specific disease, a tabulation of related disease subtypes, and summaries of experimental data and results using fruit flies. Integrated presentations of relevant data and reagents described in other sections of FlyBase are incorporated into these reports, which

SUBMITTER: Millburn GH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4826978 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature