BioNumbers

BioNumbers provides a curated database of quantitative properties for molecular and cell biology, centralizing numerical values such as cell sizes, metabolite concentrations, reaction rates, generation times, genome sizes, and the number of mitochondria in cells to support modeling, analysis, and experimentation.

Key Features:

• Curated quantitative collection: Contains curated numerical values and measurements relevant to molecular and cell biology drawn from primary literature.
• Data scope: Includes specific measurements such as cell sizes, metabolite concentrations, reaction rates, generation times, genome sizes, and the number of mitochondria in cells.
• Literature referencing: Each entry is sourced from a scientific publication and includes a reference to the original literature.
• Database architecture: Implemented with a database architecture that supports efficient data retrieval and management.

Scientific Applications:

• Computational and systems biology: Provides quantitative values that support development and parameterization of computational and systems-level models.
• Molecular and cell biology experimentation: Supplies measured values to inform experimental planning and interpretation in molecular and cell biology.
• Quantitative analysis: Centralizes literature-derived numerical data to enable quantitative analysis of biological systems.

Methodology:

Entries are extracted from scientific publications and stored in a curated database architecture that enables efficient retrieval and literature-based referencing.