Title

Silkworm nucleotide databases - Current trends and future prospects

Authors

Nicole Koshy¹, Kangayam M. Ponnuvel ^1, *, Randhir K. Sinha¹ and S. M. H. Qadri¹

Affiliation

¹Biotechnology Laboratory, Central Sericulture and Germplasm research Centre, P.O. Box: 34, Thally road, Hosur-635109, Tamil Nadu, India

Email

kmpvel@yahoo.com; * Corresponding author

Article Type

Current Trends

Date

received February 14, 2008; revised March 13, 2008; accepted April 07, 2008; published April 19, 2008

Abstract

The domesticated silkworm, Bombyx mori serves as an ideal representative of lepidopteran species for a variety of scientific studies. As a result, databases have been created to organize information pertaining to the silkworm genome that is subject to constant updating. Of these, four main databases are important for store nucleotide information in the form of genomic data, ESTs and microsatelites. These databases also store data related to other lepidoptera and important insects, which help in insect biological research. Though a considerable amount of nucleotide data is currently available, there is a paucity of data related to silkworm and other lepidopteran proteins. Hence, the focus of this article is to present the current status of nucleotide databases of silkworm, avenues for improvement and possibilities for databases that could be created in the future.

Keywords

silkworm; Bombyx mori; silkbase; silk knowledgebase; lepidopterans

Citation

Koshy et al., Bioinformation 2(7): 308-310 (2008)

Edited by

P. Kangueane

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.