Opossum Genome Resources

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NCBI Web Resources: Global Query. Query all NCBI Entrez databases in one step. BLAST. Compare your sequence to different organism-specific sequences. Gene. Focal point for genes and associated information. e-PCR.Check your sequence for STSs and view in genomic context. Bioprojects.Complete and in-progress large-scale sequencing, assembly, annotation and mapping projects. HomoloGene. Putative homologies among human, mouse, rat, zebrafish and other organisms. Map Viewer. Interactive viewer for genome maps, sequence, and genes. PubMed Central. Digital archive of full text and content from life science journals. RefSeq. Reference sequences of genomic contigs, mRNAs, and proteins. Taxonomy. Taxonomy Browser hosts summaries of sequence resources and external links through NCBI's LinkOut. Trace Archive. Collection of raw sequence traces from various sequencing projects. UniGene. Organization of transcribed sequences into gene-based clusters. UniSTS. A non-redundant collection of STSs with links to maps and sequence. FTP Sites: dbSNP Gene RefSeq Genomes UniGene

Welcome to the Opossum Genome Resources page. This homepage provides information on opossum and opossum-related resources from NCBI and the research community. We encourage your suggestions. Photo: Courtesy of Don Sakaguchi The gray short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis domestica) is the predominant laboratory-bred marsupial that is used in research of molecular evolution, development, photo-biology and DNA repair, and neurobiology. It is becoming an increasingly important model organism for comparative genomic research. Just In... Updated gene annotation!: The re-annotation of the gray short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis domestica) genome conducted by NCBI in June 2011, Build2.2, is now available in Map Viewer! You can browse the genome, search based on gene symbols or names, or BLAST against the genome assembly. The annotation is on the 2006 opossum 6.5X assembly, MonDom5, generated by the Broad Institute. The assembly sequence are available in GenBank, EMBL, and DDBJ, and by BLAST. The Monodelphis domestica genome with descriptions of the sequence, assembly, annotation and analysis is available in the journal Nature.

Jump to the Genome! Chromosome:  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 X Y MT ANNOUNCING the release of the opossum genome assembly (NCBI build 2.2, based on MonDom5) in Map Viewer. Take a moment to BLAST your favorite gene sequence against the genome and explore the maps available for viewing. Learn more about the Gnomon gene prediction program and the resulting models available in Map Viewer. New This Month In: Gene CoreNucleotide Protein PubMed PubMed Central Documentation: Opossum Map Viewer Help Glossary of Genome Terms Genome Sequence White Paper Y Chromosome White Paper Sequence and Map Resources: Opossum Genome at   the Broad Institute UCSC Genome Browser Ensembl Genome   Browser Female Opossum CHORI   BAC library Male Opossum CHORI   BAC library National Human Genome   Research Institute Other Resources: Opossum olfactory   receptors Texas Biomedical   Research Institute Opossum MHC browser Opossum microRNA   browser Opossum protein families Animal Diversity Web Duck-billed Platypus   Genome Project