Evidence map›Paper›PMID 27730573›Full record

ReviewMethods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)2016

Using FlyBase, a Database of Drosophila Genes and Genomes.

Steven J Marygold, Madeline A Crosby, Joshua L Goodman, FlyBase Consortium

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Review in Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers.

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46citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

46 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Steven J MarygoldDepartment of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EH, UK. sjm41@cam.ac.uk.
Madeline A CrosbyThe Biological Laboratories, Harvard University, 16 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA.
Joshua L GoodmanDepartment of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 47405, USA.
FlyBase Consortium

Funding

FLYBASE: A DROSOPHILA RELATIONAL DATABASEP41HG000739 · NHGRI · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI GELBART, WILLIAM MARTIN · 1992 to 2014
$56.6M
Resource Project CoreU41HG000739 · NHGRI · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI PERRIMON, NORBERT · 2014 to 2022
$32.3M
Medical Research Council G1000968NHGRI NIH HHS P41 HG000739NHGRI NIH HHS U41 HG000739
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

For nearly 25 years, FlyBase (flybase.org) has provided a freely available online database of biological information about Drosophila species, focusing on the model organism D. melanogaster. The need for a centralized, integrated view of Drosophila research has never been greater as advances in genomic, proteomic, and high-throughput technologies add to the quantity and diversity of available data and resources.FlyBase has taken several approaches to respond to these changes in the research landscape. Novel report pages have been generated for new reagent types and physical interaction data; Drosophila models of human disease are now represented and showcased in dedicated Human Disease Model Reports; other integrated reports have been established that bring together related genes, datasets, or reagents; Gene Reports have been revised to improve access to new data types and to highlight functional data; links to external sites have been organized and expanded; and new tools have been developed to display and interrogate all these data, including improved batch processing and bulk file availability. In addition, several new community initiatives have served to enhance interactions between researchers and FlyBase, resulting in direct user contributions and improved feedback.This chapter provides an overview of the data content, organization, and available tools within FlyBase, focusing on recent improvements. We hope it serves as a guide for our diverse user base, enabling efficient and effective exploration of the database and thereby accelerating research discoveries.

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Genes, InsectGenome, InsectSoftwareAnimalsCell LineDatabases, GeneticDatasets as TopicDisease Models, AnimalDrosophila melanogasterHistory, 20th CenturyHistory, 21st CenturyHumansInternetProteomicsTranslational Research, BiomedicalDatabaseDrosophilaFlyBaseGeneticsGenomicsTranslational research

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PMID27730573
PMCPMC5107610

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