What is NEMBASE3 ?

A database resource for nematode EST datasets and a research tool for nematode biology, drug discovery and vaccine design.

Searching and retrieving NEMBASE3 data

Search NEMBASE3 using the links on the navigation bar to the left.
To download annotated sequence datasets from NEMBASE3 click here.
To access our bioinformatics software download page click here.

NEMBASE3: Current Status

Last annotation update	03 / 2007
Last sequence update	03 / 2005
Number of Species	37
Number of Libraries	223
Number of Clusters	119,668
Number of ESTs	341,008

NEMBASE3-related publications

NEMBASE: a resource for parasitic nematode ESTs.
Parkinson J, Whitton C, Schmid R, Thomson M, Blaxter M. Nucleic Acids Res. 2004 Jan 1;32(Database issue):D427-30.

A transcriptomic analysis of the phylum Nematoda.
Parkinson, J., M. Mitreva, et al. (2004). Nat Genet 36(12): 1259-67.

NEMBASE3 is built using the PartiGene Suite of EST analysis tools:

PartiGene--constructing partial genomes.
Parkinson J, Anthony A, Wasmuth J, Schmid R, Hedley A, Blaxter M. Bioinformatics. 2004 Jun 12;20(9):1398-404. Epub 2004 Feb 26.

prot4EST: Translating Expressed Sequence Tags from neglected genomes
Wasmuth, J. D. and M. L. Blaxter (2004). BMC Bioinformatics 5(1): 187.

Making sense of EST sequences by CLOBBing them
Parkinson, J., D. B. Guiliano, et al. (2002). BMC Bioinformatics 3: 31.

400000 nematode ESTs on the Net.
Parkinson, J., M. Mitreva, et al. (2003). Trends Parasitol 19(7): 283-6.

200000 nematode expressed sequence tags on the Net
Parkinson, J., C. Whitton, et al. (2001). Trends Parasitol 17(8): 394-396.

Other Nematode Genomics Sites

	Our sister site, nematode.net, at the University of Washington Genome Sequenciung Centre, also offers nematode EST analyses.
	The Caenorhabditis elegans, Caenorhabditis briggsae, Caenorhabditis remanei and Brugia malayi genomes are browsable through WormBase http://www.wormbase.org

NEMBASE is maintained by Mark Blaxter