EcoCyc: a comprehensive view of Escherichia coli biology

Ingrid M. Keseler, César Bonavides-Martínez, Julio Collado-Vides, Socorro Gama-Castro, Robert P. Gunsalus, D. Aaron Johnson, Markus Krummenacker, Laura M. Nolan, Suzanne Paley, Ian T. Paulsen, Martin Peralta-Gil, Alberto Santos-Zavaleta, Alexander Glennon Shearer, Peter D. Karp*

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    Abstract

    EcoCyc (http://EcoCyc.org) provides a comprehensive encyclopedia of Escherichia coli biology. EcoCyc integrates information about the genome, genes and gene products; the metabolic network; and the regulatory network of E. coli. Recent EcoCyc developments include a new initiative to represent and curate all types of E. coli regulatory processes such as attenuation and regulation by small RNAs. EcoCyc has started to curate Gene Ontology (GO) terms for E. coli and has made a dataset of E. coli GO terms available through the GO Web site. The curation and visualization of electron transfer processes has been significantly improved. Other software and Web site enhancements include the addition of tracks to the EcoCyc genome browser, in particular a type of track designed for the display of ChIP-chip datasets, and the development of a comparative genome browser. A new Genome Omics Viewer enables users to paint omics datasets onto the full E. coli genome for analysis. A new advanced query page guides users in interactively constructing complex database queries against EcoCyc. A Macintosh version of EcoCyc is now available. A series of Webinars is available to instruct users in the use of EcoCyc.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)D464-D470
    Number of pages7
    JournalNucleic Acids Research
    Volume37
    Issue numberSUPPL. 1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2009

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