dictyBase is an online
bioinformatics
Bioinformatics () is an interdisciplinary field of science that develops methods and Bioinformatics software, software tools for understanding biological data, especially when the data sets are large and complex. Bioinformatics uses biology, ...
database
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for the
model organism
A model organism is a non-human species that is extensively studied to understand particular biological phenomena, with the expectation that discoveries made in the model organism will provide insight into the workings of other organisms. Mo ...
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Dictyostelium discoideum
''Dictyostelium discoideum'' is a species of soil-dwelling Amoeboid, amoeba belonging to the phylum Amoebozoa, infraphylum Mycetozoa. Commonly referred to as slime mold, ''D. discoideum'' is a eukaryote that transitions from a collection of unic ...
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Tools
dictyBase offers many ways of searching and retrieving data from the database:
* dictyMart - a tool for retrieving varied information on many genes (or the sequences of those genes).
* Genome Browser - browse the genes of ''D. discoideum'' in their genomic context.
References
External links
dictyBase
Developmental biology
Model organism databases
Mycetozoa
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