Functional genetics in the post-genomics era: building a better roadmap in Drosophila

G3 (Bethesda). 2013 Sep 4;3(9):1451-2. doi: 10.1534/g3.113.007351.

Abstract

In this commentary, Rob Kulathinal describes two papers from the Perrimon laboratory, each describing a new online resource that can assist geneticists with the design of their RNAi experiments. Hu et al.'s "UP-TORR: online tool for accurate and up-to-date annotation of RNAi reagents" and "FlyPrimerBank: An online database for Drosophila melanogaster gene expression analysis and knockdown evaluation of RNAi reagents" are published, respectively, in this month's issue of GENETICS and G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics.

Keywords: FlyPrimerBank; RNAi; UP-TORR; genetic map; genomic roadmap; model organism database; online resource.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • DNA Primers / metabolism*
  • Databases, Genetic*
  • Drosophila melanogaster / genetics*
  • Molecular Sequence Annotation / methods*
  • RNA Interference*
  • RNA, Small Interfering / genetics*
  • Software*

Substances

  • DNA Primers
  • RNA, Small Interfering