Data is collected from other databases, high-throughput screens and the scientific literature and integrated into a number of database modules covering subjects such as community, literature, gene and genomic analysis.

Gene pages are automatically assembled from data piped from the Entrez Gene, Gurdon Institute, JGI, Metazome, MGI, OMIM, PubMed, Unigene, Zfin, commercial suppliers and others. These data are then supplemented with in-house annotation.

Xenbase has implemented the Gbrowse genome browser and also provides a BLAST service that allows users to specifically search either laevis or tropicalis DNA or protein targets. A table of Xenopus gene synonyms has been implemented and allows the genome, genes, publications and high-throughput gene expression data to be seamlessly integrated with other Xenopus data and to external database resources, making the wealth of developmental and functional data from the frog available to the broader research community.

Through the Xenbase interface you may:

• Blast Xenopus ESTs, unigene sets or the tropicalis sequence;
• Search for Xenopus genes;
• Browse the genome using the Xenbase or JGI genome browsers;
• View development stages and cell fate maps;
• Search publications about Xenopus;
• Search for people, labs and organizations in the Xenopus Community. View job postings and events in the Xenopus community; and
• Learn about research methods and protocols (e.g. antisense and morpholinos) and obtain materials.