GIF‐DB, a WWW database on gene interactions involved in Drosophila melanogaster development
Résumé
GIF‐DB (Gene Interactions in the Fly Database) is a new WWW database (http://www‐biol.univ‐mrs.fr/ approximately lgpd/GIFTS\ₕome\ₚage. html ) describing gene molecular interactions involved in the process of embryonic pattern formation in the flyDrosophila melanogaster. The detailed information is distributed in specific lines arranged into an EMBL‐ (or SWISS‐PROT‐) like format. GIF‐DB achieves a high level of integration with other databases such as FlyBase, EMBL and SWISS‐PROT through numerous hyperlinks. The original concept of interaction databases examplified by GIF‐DB could be extended to other biological subjects and organisms so as to study gene regulatory networks in an evolutionary perspective.