1. GROUP 17
  2. Why databases are created and shared?
    1. Easier for researchers around the world to find info from the database
    2. To store all the information related to the specific topics
    3. To improve the human health that related to genome data
    4. To keep updated on new discovery
  3. organisation of databases and its major grouping
    1. Nucleic acid sequence and structure
      1. dbSUPER
      2. JuncDB
    2. Protein sequence and structure
      1. Pfam
      2. PANTHER
    3. Metabolic and signaling pathways
      1. WikiPathways
      2. Escherichia coli metabolism database (ECMDB)
    4. Viruses, bacteria, protozoa and fungi
      1. Bacterial Diversity (BacDive) databases
      2. Ensembl Genomes databases
    5. Genomes of human and model organisms
      1. Hymenoptera Genome Database
      2. RefSeq
    6. Human diseases and drugs
      1. ClinVar, GWASdb and aHaploReg
      2. Database of Digenic Diseases (DIDA)
    7. Plants
      1. Plant Promoter Analysis Navigator
      2. Information Commons for Rice (IC4R)
    8. Mitochondrial databases and databases of chemical compounds
      1. Carbohydrate Structure Database (CSDB)
      2. MitoAge
  4. Numbers available
    1. 1685 databases
      1. addition of 88 new resources
      2. removal of 23 obsolete websites
  5. References
    1. Rigden, D. J., Fernández-Suárez, X. M., & Galperin, M. Y. (2016). The 2016 database issue of Nucleic Acids Research and an updated molecular biology database collection. Nucleic Acids Res Nucleic Acids Research, 44(D1).
  6. Criteria for selection into NAR databases
    1. General utility of the database to the scientific community
    2. Comprehensiveness of the coverage (complete data)
    3. Degree of value added in the production of database (updated)
    4. Able to refine the scope of research
    5. Free accessible
  7. Why we need to group these databases?
    1. Save time to search a particular database
    2. Organization into the specific group make it easier to access
  8. Why some databases are no longer in the the databases and dropped from it?
    1. Non-responsive
    2. Obsolete in entries
    3. No more effective and valid data in system
    4. Similar content is available in other database or integrated into other databases