Xenbase Release Notes

Release 2.2

• Gene pages are being populated with archetypal image(s) of gene expression patterns
• New Expression tab on Gene pages
  • in situ images from XDB3 (presence of images is indicated by an icon on the Expression tab). Axeldb and community submitted images available soon.
  • Anatomy terms and stages (expression data derived from EST/cDNA library representation). This is available for most genes even when they lack images.
• UniProt Knowledgebase links (alternative splicing information, protein domains and much more)
• Microarray data from GEO - view array data where the gene of interest displays differential expression
• Affymetrix probe sets for both trop and laevis
• Gene search
  • Select number of results per page
• Literature section
  • Publications with figures are flagged with a small icon. Load the paper to see the abstract, figures and legends, or click on the icon to see only the figures and legends.

Release 2.1

• Dramatically faster gene search and gene pages
• Literature tab added to gene page
• In-line links from article abstracts, titles and image captions to gene pages
• Improved gene search
  • Now search shows how results were found
  • New search by gene function

Release 2.01

• Addition of 7,600 + Metazome-curated gene models.