The ORFeome project has validated and corrected a large number of
predicted gene models in the nematode C. elegans, and has provided an
enormous resource for proteome-scale studies. To make the resource
useful to the research and teaching community, it needs to be
integrated with other large-scale data sets, including the C. elegans
genome, cell lineage, neurological wiring diagram, transcriptome, and
gene expression map. This integration is also critical because the
ORFeome data sets, like other 'omics' data sets, have significant
false-positive and false-negative rates, and comparison to related
data is necessary to make confidence judgments in any given data
point. WormBase, the central data repository for information about
C. elegans and related nematodes, provides such a platform for
integration. In this report, we will describe how C. elegans ORFeome
data are deposited in the database, how they are used to correct gene
models, how they are integrated and displayed in the context of other
data sets at the WormBase Web site, and how WormBase establishes
connection with the reagent-based resources at the ORFeome project Web
site.
Todd W. Harris, PhD
(harris@cshl.org)
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