PlanMine

PlanMine provides integrated access to planarian datasets and supports data integration, complex querying, and computational analyses to investigate molecular and genetic aspects of planarian biology.

Key Features:

• Data Integration: Uses the InterMine framework to construct databases from heterogeneous planarian-related data sources.
• Customizable Query Facility: Implements a customizable query facility and flexible query builder that supports complex search criteria and retrieval of genomic regions and other biological parameters.
• Extensible Data Model: Maintains an extensible data model that accommodates integration of new data types.
• Analysis Tools: Provides a library of 'widgets' for performing various statistical analyses on integrated datasets.
• Data Export Options: Allows export of query and analysis results in multiple commonly used formats.
• Extensibility and Customization: Supports addition of new tools and functionalities by developers to extend analytical capabilities.
• Web Services and Client Libraries: Exposes web services with client libraries in five programming languages for programmatic access.

Scientific Applications:

• Genomic studies: Enables retrieval and analysis of genomic regions and associated datasets for planarian genomic research.
• Developmental biology: Supports investigation of molecular and genetic processes underlying planarian development.
• Regenerative medicine: Facilitates analysis of planarian molecular and genetic data relevant to regeneration research.
• Evolutionary biology: Supports comparative and evolutionary analyses involving planarian sequences and datasets.

Methodology:

PlanMine is built on the InterMine framework and constructs large biological databases by integrating heterogeneous data sources.