EcoCyc: a comprehensive database of Escherichia coli biology

Ingrid M. Keseler, Julio Collado-Vides, Alberto Santos-Zavaleta, Martin Peralta-Gil, Socorro Gama-Castro, Luis Muniz-Rascado, César Bonavides-Martinez, Suzanne Paley, Markus Krummenacker, Tomer Altman, Pallavi Kaipa, Aaron Spaulding, John Pacheco, Mario Latendresse, Carol Fulcher, Malabika Sarker, Alexander G. Shearer, Amanda Mackie, Ian Paulsen, Robert P. GunsalusPeter D. Karp

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    Abstract

    EcoCyc (http://EcoCyc.org) is a comprehensive model organism database for Escherichia coli K-12 MG1655. From the scientific literature, EcoCyc captures the functions of individual E. coli gene products; their regulation at the transcriptional, post-transcriptional and protein level; and their organization into operons, complexes and pathways. EcoCyc users can search and browse the information in multiple ways. Recent improvements to the EcoCyc Web interface include combined gene/ protein pages and a Regulation Summary Diagram displaying a graphical overview of all known regulatory inputs to gene expression and protein activity. The graphical representation of signal transduction pathways has been updated, and the cellular and regulatory overviews were enhanced with new functionality. A specialized undergraduate teaching resource using EcoCyc is being developed.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)D583–D590
    Number of pages8
    JournalNucleic Acids Research
    Volume39
    Issue numberSUPPL. 1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Jan 2011

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