Integrating functional genomic information into the Saccharomyces genome database

The Saccharomyces Genome Database (SGD) stores and organizes information ab out the nearly 6200 genes in the yeast genome. The information is organized around the 'locus page' and directs users to the detailed information they seek. SGD is endeavoring to integrate the existing information about yeast genes with the large volume of data generated by functional analyses that are beginning to appear in the literature and on web sites, New features wi ll include searches of systematic analyses and Gene Summary Paragraphs that succinctly review the literature for each gene, In addition to current inf ormation,,such as gene product and phenotype descriptions, the new locus pa ge will also describe a gene product's cellular process, function and local ization using a controlled vocabulary developed in collaboration with two o ther model organism datal bases, We describe these developments in SGD thro ugh the-newly: reorganized locus page. The SGD is accessible via the WWW at http://genome-www.stanford/edu/Saccharomyces/.