MabsBase: a Mycobacterium abscessus genome and annotation database.
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0062443 and PMC identifier 3639173.
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Abstract
Mycobacterium abscessus is a rapidly growing non-tuberculous mycobacterial species that has been associated with a wide spectrum of human infections. As the classification and biology of this organism is still not well understood, comparative genomic analysis on members of this species may provide further insights on their taxonomy, phylogeny, pathogenicity and other information that may contribute to better management of infections. The MabsBase described in this paper is a user-friendly database providing access to whole-genome sequences of newly discovered M. abscessus strains as well as resources for whole-genome annotations and computational predictions, to support the expanding scientific community interested in M. abscessus research. The MabsBase is freely available at http://mabscessus.um.edu.my.
Medical subject headings
- Databases, Genetic
- Genome, Bacterial
- Molecular Sequence Annotation
- Nontuberculous Mycobacteria
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide