Development of the Overlapping Oligonucleotide Database and its application to signal sequence search of the human genome |
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Authors: | Sakamoto Norihiro; Takagi Toshihisa; Sakaki Yoshiyuki |
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Institution: | Research Laboratory for Genetic Information, Kyushu University Maidashi Fukuoka 812
2Human Genome Center Shirokanedai, Tokyo 108, Japan
3Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo Shirokanedai, Tokyo 108, Japan |
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Abstract: | We have developed ODS (Overlapping Oligonucleotide Databasefor Signal Sequence Search)the first relational databasethat integrates information on biological features into thesearch for signal sequences. In existing biological sequencedatabases, even relational ones, retrieving nucleotide sequencesbased on their biological features involves much labour andtime or even the development of a new program. GenBank sequencedata, including FEATURES records, are organized into three relationaltables in ODS. Nucleotide sequences are transformed into overlappingoligonucleotides in order to facilitate the signal sequencesearch rapidly without the need for specific alignment programs.This transformation leads to a one-to-one correspondence betweenthe nucleotide sequence and its biological feature. The signalsequence search by ODS is done in SQL queries and ODS obviatesthe need for molecular biologists to write computer programs.The application of ODS to searches of promoter regions revealedputative cis-acting elements and basic statistical analysesof occurrences of oligonucleotides showed interesting findingsconcerning the cg dinucleotide. |
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