Cryptococcus neoformans genome information

•   NEW Gene finding pipeline   Based on H99 assembly from Broad Institute (March 2006)

•   Gene finding pipeline   Based on H99 assembly from Broad Institute (December 2003)

•   Local BLAST searches   

•   Gene Deletion Database   

•   Retrieve Cryptococcus contig sequences (H99, B3501, JEC21 & Serotype B strains)

•   Retrieve Cryptococcus TIGR and Twinscan predicted protein sequences   

•   Retrieve Cryptococcus Twinscan predicted pI value   

•   Retrieve Cryptococcus JEC21 & B3501 chromosomal sequences   

•    Check TIGR protein proposed names

•   Cryptococcus splice finder program

•   Design PCR primers   

•   Crypto JEC21 Microarray gene annotation (GO) files 

We are grateful to the following labs for the use of their data:

JEC21 sequence data: Brendan Loftus' group at The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR).

H99 sequence data: Eli & Edythe L. Broad Institute

H99 sequence data: Fred Dietrich's group at the Duke Center for Genome Technology.

Serotype B sequence: Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre at the University of British Columbia

B3501 sequence data: Richard Hyman's group at Stanford Genome Technology Center.

ESTs (H99 and B3501): Univeristy of Oklahoma Center for Advanced Genome Technology

Twinscan predicted proteins: Michael Brent at Washington University

For questions about the gene deletion project, contact:  Jennifer Lodge

For questions/problems with the website, contact:  Maureen Donlin

Last update: September 1, 2006