Saccharomyces genome database

Abstract

Publisher Summary The goal of the Saccharomyces Genome Database (SGD) is to provide information about the genome of this yeast, the genes it encodes, and their biological functions. The genome sequence of S. cerevisiae provides the structure around which information in SGD is organized; value is added to the sequence by careful biological annotation drawn from a number of sources. SGD curates and stores information about budding yeast DNA and protein sequences, genetics, cell biology, and the associated community of researchers. SGD also provides search and analysis tools designed to help researchers mine the data for pieces or patterns of biological information relevant to their interests. A continuing challenge for the staff of SGD is to present up-to-date information about yeast genes in a format that is intuitive and useful to biomedical researchers, while responding to the needs of this community by providing resources and tools for exploring the data in new ways. This chapter describes the organization of SGD, the sources of the data stored in SGD, some methods for retrieving information from the database, connections SGD has with outside databases and non-yeast research communities, and SGD's repository of yeast community information.