EcoCyc: fusing model organism databases with systems biology

Ingrid M. Keseler(SRI International), Amanda Mackie(Macquarie University), Martín Peralta-Gil(Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México), Alberto Santos-Zavaleta(Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública), Socorro Gama‐Castro(Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública), César Bonavides-Martínez(Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México), Carol A. Fulcher(SRI International), Araceli M. Huerta(Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México), Anamika Kothari(SRI International), Markus Krummenacker(SRI International), Mario Latendresse(SRI International), Luis Muñiz-Rascado(Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México), Quang Ong(SRI International), Suzanne Paley(SRI International), Imke Schröder(University of California, Los Angeles), Alexander G. Shearer(SRI International), Pallavi Subhraveti(SRI International), Mike Travers(SRI International), Deepika Weerasinghe(SRI International), Verena Weiss(Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México), Julio Collado‐Vides(Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México), Robert P. Gunsalus(University of California, Los Angeles), Ian T. Paulsen(Macquarie University), Peter D. Karp(SRI International)
Nucleic Acids Research
November 7, 2012
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Abstract

EcoCyc (http://EcoCyc.org) is a model organism database built on the genome sequence of Escherichia coli K-12 MG1655. Expert manual curation of the functions of individual E. coli gene products in EcoCyc has been based on information found in the experimental literature for E. coli K-12-derived strains. Updates to EcoCyc content continue to improve the comprehensive picture of E. coli biology. The utility of EcoCyc is enhanced by new tools available on the EcoCyc web site, and the development of EcoCyc as a teaching tool is increasing the impact of the knowledge collected in EcoCyc.


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