WormBase : the biology and genome of C. elegans.

Format:

Website/Database

Contributor:

California Institute of Technology.

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.)

Sanger Institute (Hinxton, England)

National Human Genome Research Institute (U.S.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Caenorhabditis elegans--Databases.

Caenorhabditis elegans.

Caenorhabditis elegans--Genetics--Databases.

Caenorhabditis elegans--genetics.

Caenorhabditis elegans--Genetics.

Medical Subjects:

Caenorhabditis elegans--genetics.

Genre:

Databases.

Physical Description:

Began in 2000.

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Other Title:

Worm base

Biology and genome of C. elegans

Place of Publication:

[Pasadena, Calif.] : California Institute of Technology

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Summary:

WormBase is a model organism database for C. elegans, overseen by a group of scientists dedicated to providing the research community with accurate, current, accessible information concerning the genetics, genomics and biology of C. elegans and some related nematodes. It is led by Paul Sternberg of CalTech, Richard Durbin of the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Lincoln Stein of Cold Spring Harbor, and John Spieth of the Washington University Genome Sequencing Center.

Notes:

Title from home page of release WS182 (viewed Nov. 12, 2007).

The structure and content is developed, updated and curated by an international consortium of biologists and computer scientists at the California Institute of Technology, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Washington University in St. Louis, and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.

OCLC:

58043174