Title

BCDB - A database for breast cancer research and information

Authors

Jayashree Mohandass¹, Saranya Ravichandran¹, Koganti Srilakshmi¹, Chinnasamy Perumal Rajadurai², Sangeetha Sanmugasamy²,Gopal Ramesh Kumar^2*

Affiliation

¹Department of Bioinformatics, Guru Nanak College, Chennai, India; ²Bioinformatics Lab, AU-KBC Research Centre, M.I.T Campus of Anna University, Chennai 600044, India

Email

gramesh@au-kbc.org; * Corresponding author

Phone

+91-44-2223 2711

Fax

+91-44-2223 1034/ 7073 ; * Corresponding author

Article Type

Database

Date

received January 21, 2010; accepted March 02, 2010; published June 15, 2010

Abstract

In pursuit of a better updated source including ‘omics’ information for breast cancer, Breast Cancer Database (BCDB) has been developed to provide the researcher with the quick overview of the Breast cancer disease and other relevant information. This database comprises of myriad of information about genes involved in breast cancer, its functions and drug molecules which are currently being used in the treatment of breast cancer. The data available in BCDB is retrieved from the biomedical research literature. It facilitates the user to search information on gene, its location in chromosome, functions and its importance in cancer diseases. Broadly, this can be queried by giving gene name, protein name and drug name. This database is platform independent, user friendly and freely accessible through internet. The data present in BCDB is directly linked to other on-line resources such as NCBI, PDB and PubMed. Hence, it can act as a complete web resource comprising gene sequences, drug structures and literature information related to breast cancer, which is not available in any other breast cancer database.

Availability

Keywords

Breast cancer; database; genes; protein; drug; PDB structure; FASTA

Citation

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.