Bioinformatics Vol. 19 no. 16 2003
pages 2149-2151
© 2003 Oxford University Press
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The UAB Proteomics Database
1 UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center, 2 Department of Pharmocology and Toxicology, UAB Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics Shared Facility, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1530 3rd Ave South, Kaul 602A, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
Received on February 21, 2003
; revised on April 25, 2003
; accepted on May 8, 2003
Summary: The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Proteomics Database (UPD) (http://www.uab.edu/proteinmenu) was created to provide a repository for the storage and linkage of two-dimensional (2D) gel images and the associated information obtained through mass spectrometry analysis of the proteins excised from the 2D gels in a manner similar to the SWISS-2DPAGE database and the Stanford Microarray Database. This was accomplished through the development of a web interface, a relational database, image maps and hyperlinks stored in the database. In addition to the internally generated data, UPD provides links to the National Center for Biotechnology Information via accession number hyperlinks. UPD currently contains information on 44 individual proteins derived from four experiments conducted by four UAB faculty members. Images of the gels from which each of these proteins was isolated are accessed by hyperlinks embedded in the database.
Availability: The UAB Proteomics Database can be accessed at http://www.uab.edu/proteinmenu
Contact: ahill{at}uab.edu