UniGene Expands; C. elegans added to LocusLink

With the recent additions of Ciona intestinalis (sea squirt), Oncorhynchus mykiss (rainbow trout), and Vitis vinifera (the wine grape) the UniGene database of non-redundant gene-oriented clusters now covers 15 animals, 12 plants and Dictyostelium discoideum, a slime mold. Each UniGene cluster is linked to related information, such as the tissue types in which the gene is expressed, model organism protein similarities, the LocusLink report for the gene, and its map location. Try UniGene by following the “UniGene” link under “Hot Spots” on the NCBI Home Page.

The nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans, represented in UniGene with over 19,000 clusters, is now also represented in the LocusLink database of genetic loci with over 22,000 records.

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