SSBD:database

Koji Kyoda, Eru Adachi, Eriko Masuda, Yoko Nagai, Yoko Suzuki, Taeko Oguro, Mitsuru Urai, Ryoko Arai, Mari Furukawa, Kumiko Shimada, Junko Kuramochi, Eriko Nagai, Shuichi Onami (2013) WDDD: Worm Developmental Dynamics Database., Nucleic acids research, Volume 41, Number Database issue, pp. D732-7

Published in 2013 Jan (Electronic publication in Nov. 20, 2012, midnight )

• doi: 10.1093/nar/gks1107
• pmid: 23172286
  

(Abstract) During animal development, cells undergo dynamic changes in position and gene expression. A collection of quantitative information about morphological dynamics under a wide variety of gene perturbations would provide a rich resource for understanding the molecular mechanisms of development. Here, we created a database, the Worm Developmental Dynamics Database (http://so.qbic.riken.jp/wddd/), which stores a collection of quantitative information about cell division dynamics in early Caenorhabditis elegans embryos with single genes silenced by RNA-mediated interference. The information contains the three-dimensional coordinate values of the outlines of nuclear regions and the dynamics of the outlines over time. The database provides free access to 50 sets of quantitative data for wild-type embryos and 136 sets of quantitative data for RNA-mediated interference embryos corresponding to 72 of the 97 essential embryonic genes on chromosome III. The database also provides sets of four-dimensional differential interference contrast microscopy images on which the quantitative data were based. The database will provide a novel opportunity for the development of computational methods to obtain fresh insights into the mechanisms of development. The quantitative information and microscopy images can be synchronously viewed through a web browser, which is designed for easy access by experimental biologists.

• Animals
• Caenorhabditis elegans/embryology[major]
• Caenorhabditis elegans/genetics[major]
• Cell Division/genetics
• Databases, Genetic[major]
• Genes, Helminth
• Internet
• RNA Interference