The catfish genome database cBARBEL: An informatic platform for genome biology of ictalurid catfish

Jianguo Lu, Eric Peatman, Qing Yang, Shaolin Wang, Zhiliang Hu, James Reecy, Huseyin Kucuktas, Zhanjiang Liu

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Abstract

The catfish genome database, cBARBEL (abbreviated from catfish Breeder And Researcher Bioinformatics Entry Location) is an online open-access database for genome biology of ictalurid catfish (Ictalurus spp.). It serves as a comprehensive, integrative platform for all aspects of catfish genetics, genomics and related data resources. cBARBEL provides BLAST-based, fuzzy and specific search functions, visualization of catfish linkage, physical and integrated maps, a catfish EST contig viewer with SNP information overlay, and GBrowse-based organization of catfish genomic data based on sequence similarity with zebrafish chromosomes. Subsections of the database are tightly related, allowing a user with a sequence or search string of interest to navigate seamlessly from one area to another. As catfish genome sequencing proceeds and ongoing quantitative trait loci (QTL) projects bear fruit, cBARBEL will allow rapid data integration and dissemination within the catfish research community and to interested stakeholders. cBARBEL can be accessed at http://catfishgenome. org.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)D815-D821
JournalNucleic acids research
Volume39
Issue numberSUPPL. 1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2011
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Genetics

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