Comprehensive Microbial Resource
Encyclopedia
The Comprehensive Microbial Resource (CMR) is a website carrying data on publicly available prokaryotic genomes. Searches for similarities and differences between genomes can be conveniently carried out as all the information is stored on a single website. A Mirror site is kept by the Genome Encyclopedia of Microbes (GEM) in Korea
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The effective display of large-scale genome sequencing projects is addressed by this site. The system enables a wide variety of data retrieval. Retrievals may focus on "protein properties such as molecular weight or hydrophobicity, GC-content
, functional role assignments and taxonomy
. The CMR also has special web-based tools to allow data mining
using pre-run homology searches, whole genome dot-plots, batch download
ing and traversal across genomes using a variety of datatypes." - Jeremy D. Peterson et al.
Korea
Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
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The effective display of large-scale genome sequencing projects is addressed by this site. The system enables a wide variety of data retrieval. Retrievals may focus on "protein properties such as molecular weight or hydrophobicity, GC-content
GC-content
In molecular biology and genetics, GC-content is the percentage of nitrogenous bases on a DNA molecule that are either guanine or cytosine . This may refer to a specific fragment of DNA or RNA, or that of the whole genome...
, functional role assignments and taxonomy
Taxonomy
Taxonomy is the science of identifying and naming species, and arranging them into a classification. The field of taxonomy, sometimes referred to as "biological taxonomy", revolves around the description and use of taxonomic units, known as taxa...
. The CMR also has special web-based tools to allow data mining
Data mining
Data mining , a relatively young and interdisciplinary field of computer science is the process of discovering new patterns from large data sets involving methods at the intersection of artificial intelligence, machine learning, statistics and database systems...
using pre-run homology searches, whole genome dot-plots, batch download
Laboratory information system
A lab information system is a class of software that receives, processes, and stores information generated by medical laboratory processes. These systems often must interface with instruments and other information systems such as hospital information systems...
ing and traversal across genomes using a variety of datatypes." - Jeremy D. Peterson et al.