Zebrafish Information Network

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
ZFIN
ontologies. ZFIN is based at the University of Oregon in the United States, with funding provided by the National Institutes of Health
(NIH).

Contents

ZFIN consists of two principal parts:

  1. a website of community news and announcements, as well as biological resources such as laboratory protocols, a gene nomenclature guide, and anatomy information
  2. a
    curated from the scientific literature and that are directly submitted by zebrafish research laboratories (e.g., Thisse high-throughput gene expression analysis[4]
    ).

Information in ZFIN is tightly linked to the web resources of the Zebrafish International Resource Center (ZIRC), the China Zebrafish Resource Center (CZRC), and so on, which maintain and provide zebrafish-related research resources, materials and services.

ZFIN's relational database interface provides query forms and display pages for the following biological data types:

  • Genes, markers, and clones
  • Gene expression
  • Antibodies
  • Sequence alignments (BLAST)
  • Mutants and transgenic lines
  • Anatomy
  • Genetic maps

ZFIN also maintains a database of zebrafish-related publications, laboratories, people, and companies.

In addition to its specialized search interfaces, ZFIN provides a Google-like global site search.

ZFIN's community wiki gives zebrafish researchers the ability to share information about laboratory protocols and antibodies.

Notes and references

External links

See also