Mining the Scientific Literature and Building a Pan-Echinoderm Gene Expression Database

固化组件-摘要 棘皮动物（海胆及其盟友）是分析基因组控制的杰出模型 胚胎发育。例如，最完整的基因调控网络（GRNs）， 我们对任何动物的发展最近已经解决了海胆胚胎。基因数据， 基因组和基因表达是现代发育生物学各个方面的基础，包括 GRN生物学。有效地获取这些数据不仅对棘皮动物研究人员至关重要， 社区，但更广泛的观众研究发展过程（包括GRN）在其他模式 系统. Echinobase的活动对于最终将这些科学信息应用于 人类发展和疾病。 模式生物数据库通过整合和存储数据， 整合不同类型的信息并以有用的方式表示，并将类似类型的数据链接起来 跨生物体。Echinobase的创建是为了提高与基因相关的科学数据的价值， 海胆和其他棘皮动物的基因组，并作为一个集中的，确定的资源， 与这些重要模式生物有关的信息。Curate组件（Curate）发挥着核心作用 在整个使命的Echinobase通过识别，提取和组织科学数据。 在这个项目期间，Curate有两个首要目标：1）科学文献的策展 与棘皮动物发育相关，以及2）建立一个全面的基因表达数据库， 包括棘皮动物胚胎解剖学本体的形成， 基因表达数据的注释。文学策展将使用户能够有效地挖掘信息， 关于棘皮动物发育的大量已发表研究，以及已发表论文的参考书目， 作为所有策划的生物数据可以归因于的主干。在最重要的课程中 生物学数据的核心是那些与发育过程中基因表达的空间和时间模式有关的数据。 近年来，已经产生了海胆和其他棘皮动物的大量基因表达数据， 我们迫切需要整理这些数据，并开发新的工具，让科学家们能够充分利用这些数据， 利用这些信息。我们的策展工作将通过与Xenbase的合作得到支持， 它将提供一套非常适合我们需要的数据输入、存储和分析工具。通过 它的活动，Curate将扩大Echinobase的能力，从而大大提高其效用， 研究社区。

CURATION COMPONENT- ABSTRACT Echinoderms (sea urchins and their allies) are a pre-eminent model for analysis of the genomic control of embryonic development. For example, the most complete gene regulatory networks (GRNs) for development that we have for any animal have recently been solved for sea urchin embryos. Data on genes, genomes, and gene expression are fundamental to all aspects of modern developmental biology, including GRN biology. Effective access to these data has become vital not only to members of the echinoderm research community but to a broader audience studying developmental processes (including GRNs) in other model systems. The activities of Echinobase are essential in order to ultimately apply this scientific information to human development and disease. Model organism databases enhance the value of research by consolidating and storing data, integrating different types of information and representing it in useful ways, and linking similar kinds of data across organisms. Echinobase was created to enhance the value of scientific data related to the genes and genomes of sea urchins and other echinoderms and to serve as a centralized, definitive resource for information related to these important model organisms. The Curate Component (Curate) plays a central role in the overall mission of Echinobase by identifying, extracting, and organizing scientific data. During this project period, Curate has two overarching goals: 1) the curation of scientific literature related to echinoderm development, and 2) the development of a comprehensive gene expression database, including the formulation of an anatomical ontology for echinoderm embryos that will serve as a framework for the annotation of gene expression data. Literature curation will allow users to effectively mine information from the large body of published studies on echinoderm development, and the bibliography of published papers will serve as a backbone to which all curated biological data can be attributed. Among the most important classes of biological data are those pertaining to spatial and temporal patterns of gene expression during development. A wealth of gene expression data has been generated for sea urchins and other echinoderms in recent years, and there is a pressing need to curate these data and to develop new tools that will allow scientists to take full advantage of this information. Our curation efforts will be supported through a collaboration with Xenbase, which will provide a suite of data entry, storage, and analysis tools that are well-suited to our needs. Through its activities, Curate will extend the capabilities of Echinobase and thereby greatly enhance its utility to the research community.