DictyBase

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dictyBase

Content
Description	genome portal for the Amoebozoa.
Contact
Research center	Northwestern University
Laboratory	dictyBase, Northwestern University Biomedical Informatics Center and Center for Genetic Medicine
Authors	Pascale Gaudet
Primary citation	Gaudet & al. (2011)
Release date	2004
Access
Website	http://www.dictybase.org

dictyBase is an online bioinformatics database for the model organism Dictyostelium discoideum.

Tools

dictyBase offers many ways of searching and retrieving data from the database:

• dictyMart - a tool for retrieving varied information on many genes (or the sequences of those genes).
• Genome Browser - browse the genes of D. discoideum in their genomic context.