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Navigating MARRVEL, a Web-Based Tool that Integrates Human Genomics and Model Organism Genetics Information

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Published on: August 15, 2019

High-performance web services for querying gene and variant annotation.

Jiwen Xin¹, Adam Mark^1,2, Cyrus Afrasiabi¹

¹Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA.

|May 8, 2016

Summary

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MyGene.info and MyVariant.info offer efficient web services for accessing fragmented gene and human genetic variant annotation data. These high-performance tools are crucial for high-throughput biology research and data integration.

Keywords:

API Annotation Cloud Database Gene Repository Variant

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Area of Science:

Bioinformatics
Genomics
Data Science

Background:

High-throughput biology relies on efficient data management and integration.
Gene and human genetic variant annotations are critical but fragmented across numerous resources.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce MyGene.info and MyVariant.info as high-performance web services for querying biological annotation information.
To present a generalizable cloud-based model for organizing and accessing biological data.

Main Methods:

Development of high-performance web services (MyGene.info and MyVariant.info).
Implementation of a cloud-based architecture for data organization and querying.

Main Results:

MyGene.info and MyVariant.info provide efficient access to gene and variant annotation data.
These services are accessed over three million times monthly, indicating high utility.
A scalable cloud-based model for biological data management has been demonstrated.

Conclusions:

MyGene.info and MyVariant.info are valuable, high-performance resources for the research community.
The developed model offers a scalable solution for biological annotation data integration.
These services are freely available to researchers.