LOCATE: a mouse protein subcellular localization database.
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SUBMITTER: Fink JL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1347432 | biostudies-other | 2006 Jan
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LOCATE: a mouse protein subcellular localization database.
Fink J Lynn JL Aturaliya Rajith N RN Davis Melissa J MJ Zhang Fasheng F Hanson Kelly K Teasdale Melvena S MS Kai Chikatoshi C Kawai Jun J Carninci Piero P Hayashizaki Yoshihide Y Teasdale Rohan D RD
Nucleic acids research 20060101 Database issue
We present here LOCATE, a curated, web-accessible database that houses data describing the membrane organization and subcellular localization of proteins from the FANTOM3 Isoform Protein Sequence set. Membrane organization is predicted by the high-throughput, computational pipeline MemO. The subcellular locations of selected proteins from this set were determined by a high-throughput, immunofluorescence-based assay and by manually reviewing >1700 peer-reviewed publications. LOCATE represents the ...[more]
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