Ebolavirus Database: Gene and Protein Information Resource for Ebolaviruses. (14th April 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Swetha, Rayapadi G.; Ramaiah, Sudha; Anbarasu, Anand; Sekar, Kanagaraj
• Other Names: de Ridder Dick Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: Advances in bioinformatics. Volume 2016(2016)
• Publication Date: 2016-04-14
• Subjects: Bioinformatics -- Periodicals; Bioinformatics; Computational Biology -- Periodicals; Periodicals; 570.285
• DOI: 10.1155/2016/1673284
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1687-8027

Abstract

Abstract : Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) is a life-threatening haemorrhagic fever in humans. Even though there are many reports on EVD, the protein precursor functions and virulent factors of ebolaviruses remain poorly understood. Comparative analyses of Ebolavirus genomes will help in the identification of these important features. This prompted us to develop the Ebolavirus Database (EDB) and we have provided links to various tools that will aid researchers to locate important regions in both the genomes and proteomes of Ebolavirus . The genomic analyses of ebolaviruses will provide important clues for locating the essential and core functional genes. The aim of EDB is to act as an integrated resource for ebolaviruses and we strongly believe that the database will be a useful tool for clinicians, microbiologists, health care workers, and bioscience researchers.