InsectBase: a resource for insect genomes and transcriptomes

Chuanlin Yin; Gengyu Shen; Dianhao Guo; Shuping Wang; Xingzhou Ma; Huamei Xiao; Jinding Liu; Zan Zhang; Ying Liu; Yiqun Zhang; Kaixiang Yu; Shuiqing Huang; Fei Li

doi:10.1093/nar/gkv1204

InsectBase: a resource for insect genomes and transcriptomes

Nucleic Acids Res. 2016 Jan 4;44(D1):D801-7. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkv1204. Epub 2015 Nov 17.

Authors

Chuanlin Yin¹, Gengyu Shen², Dianhao Guo¹, Shuping Wang³, Xingzhou Ma⁴, Huamei Xiao⁵, Jinding Liu⁶, Zan Zhang⁷, Ying Liu⁸, Yiqun Zhang⁶, Kaixiang Yu⁴, Shuiqing Huang⁶, Fei Li⁹

Affiliations

¹ Ministry of Agriculture, Key Lab of Agricultural Entomology and Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou 310058, China Department of Entomology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
² Library of Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
³ Technical Center for Animal Plant and Food Inspection and Quarantine, Shanghai Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, Shanghai 200135, China.
⁴ Department of Entomology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
⁵ Department of Entomology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China Department of City Construction, Shaoyang University, Shaoyang 422000, China.
⁶ College of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095 Jiangsu, China.
⁷ Department of Entomology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China Hubei Insect Resources Utilization and Sustainable Pest Management Key Laboratory, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, China.
⁸ Department of Entomology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.
⁹ Ministry of Agriculture, Key Lab of Agricultural Entomology and Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou 310058, China lifei18@zju.edu.cn.

Abstract

The genomes and transcriptomes of hundreds of insects have been sequenced. However, insect community lacks an integrated, up-to-date collection of insect gene data. Here, we introduce the first release of InsectBase, available online at http://www.insect-genome.com. The database encompasses 138 insect genomes, 116 insect transcriptomes, 61 insect gene sets, 36 gene families of 60 insects, 7544 miRNAs of 69 insects, 96,925 piRNAs of Drosophila melanogaster and Chilo suppressalis, 2439 lncRNA of Nilaparvata lugens, 22,536 pathways of 78 insects, 678,881 untranslated regions (UTR) of 84 insects and 160,905 coding sequences (CDS) of 70 insects. This release contains over 12 million sequences and provides search functionality, a BLAST server, GBrowse, insect pathway construction, a Facebook-like network for the insect community (iFacebook), and phylogenetic analysis of selected genes.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Databases, Genetic*
Gene Expression Profiling*
Genes, Insect
Genome, Insect*
Genomics
Insecta / classification
Insecta / genetics*
Phylogeny
Software