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Introduction

BOGAS is an online genome annotation resource offering user the necessary tools and information to validate and correct gene annotations. The system is build on the wiki philosophy, all modifications to a certain gene are stored and can be found back in the annotation history of that gene. To be able to modify genes however you will need to have a user account. Anonymous users can browse the public genomes but don't have editing rights.
To get started select one of the genomes from the list below or log in directly to go to the restricted access section.
If you would like to apply for a user account, so that you are able to edit records, send a mail to with your request.

Please note that although care was taken to make this website as much as possible cross-browser compatible, it will work best with FireFox > 3.5, Safari and Google Chrome.

Public Genomes

Bathycoccus

Bathycoccus is a tiny single-cell coccoid prasinophycean. The prasinophyceae are marine flagellates that form the pico-plankton. Bathycoccus however is one of the few species that seems to lack a flagellate stage in his life-cycle. Bathycoccus has about the same size as a bacterium and is very common in the northern Atlantic Ocean. The cells are covered by delicate overlapping scales, which have a spider 's-web structure and are formed within vesicles (probably Golgi vesicles). The organelles are tightly packed within the cell.

Ectocarpus siliculosus

The annotation of the Ectocarpus genome is done in our group in collaboration with the other members of the Ectocarpus consortium. To produce automated annotations we adapted the EuGene system to the specificities of the Ectocarpus genome in order to produce a high quality annotation.
The automated prediction and subsequent manual curation resulted in a total of ~16000 genes in the Ectocarpus genome.

Malus domestica

The apple is the pomaceous fruit of the apple tree, Malus domestica in the rose family. It is one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits. Apple trees grow best in temperate countries with a cool climate and plenty of rain during the winter.
The annotation results presented here are produced in cooperation with Istituto Agrario S. Michele all'Adige (IASMA) in Italy.

Ostreococcus tauri

The genome size of Ostreococcus tauri is the smallest of all known eukaryotes. The nuclear genome is about 12 Mb, fragmented into 20 chromosomes, ranging in size from 120 to 1500 Kb. Phylogenetic analysis placed Ostreococcus tauri within the Prasinophyceae, an early branch of the Chlorophyta (green algae).

Pichia pastoris

We are involved in the genome project of P. pastoris, together with Prof. Dr. Nico Callewaert (Unit of Molecular Glycobiology). This is our first eukaryotic genome which is sequenced by the 454 pyrosequencing method. The gene prediction was done by the integrated gene prediction platform - EuGene . More than 80% of the gene structures were checked by expert annotators and assigned the proper function.

Populus trichocarpa

The data presented here is that of the version 2 of the poplar genome. Additional sequencing and re-assembly have been performed to come to this version. The work was done by the DOE-JGI. The annotation produced for the first assembly of the poplar genome (which was also the basis for the version 2 annotation) was done in collaboration with our group using the EuGene gene prediction platform.

Solanum lycopersicum

We are currently part of the International Tomato Annotation Group (ITAG) - a collaborative effort in efficiently and accurately annotating the tomato genome, and are largely responsible for the gene prediction. This is done using the EuGene software, which is able to integrate various probabilistic models, splice-site models, EST/cDNA alignment, and protein alignment.

Tetranychus urticae

In spider-mites known genome size varies from ~723Mbp in Tetragnatha elongata to ~5.5 Gbp in Habronattus decorus suggesting poliploidisation of the genome. So far no chelicerate genome has been sequenced. The annotation of the Tetranychus urticae genome, representing a major plant pest, will be important for plant science and agriculture. Toward this goal we're developing the spider mite Tetranychus urticae as a plant-eating arthropod model. This project capitalizes on multidisciplinary collaboration between our lab, the laboratory of Dr. Grbic (with expertise in developmental biology and pest control who is leading the sequencing project of the T. urticae genome) and the Joint Genome Institute.

Restricted Genomes

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