Biological Data Analysis using DDBJ Web services

  • Sugawara, Hideaki (Center for Information Biology and DDBJ, National Institute of Genetics and SOKEN-DAI) ;
  • Miyazaki, Satorn (Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, Tokyo University of Science) ;
  • Abe, Takashi (Center for Information Biology and DDBJ, National Institute of Genetics and SOKEN-DAI) ;
  • Shigemoto, Yasumasa (Fujitsu Inc.)
  • Published : 2005.09.22

Abstract

We demonstrate workflows in biological data retrieval and analysis using the DDBJ Web Service; specifically introduce a workflow for the analysis of proteins or proteomics data sets. The workflow mechanically extracts the gene whose protein structure and function are known from all the genes of a human genome in Ensembl (http://www.ensembl.org/) based on cross-references among Ensembl, Swiss-Prot (http://www.ebi.ac.uk/swissprot) and PDB (Protein Data Bank; http://www.wwpdb.org/). The workflow discovered ‘hidden’ linkages among databases. We will be able to integrate distributed and heterogeneous data systems into workflows, if they are provided based on standards for Web services.

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