Human Immunodeficiency Virus Reverse Transcriptase and Protease Sequence Database: an expanded data model integrating natural language text and sequence analysis programs

Nucleic Acids Res. 2001 Jan 1;29(1):296-9. doi: 10.1093/nar/29.1.296.

Abstract

The HIV Reverse Transcriptase and Protease Sequence Database is an on-line relational database that catalogs evolutionary and drug-related sequence variation in the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) reverse transcriptase (RT) and protease enzymes, the molecular targets of anti-HIV therapy (http://hivdb.stanford.edu). The database contains a compilation of nearly all published HIV RT and protease sequences, including submissions from International Collaboration databases and sequences published in journal articles. Sequences are linked to data about the source of the sequence sample and the antiretroviral drug treatment history of the individual from whom the isolate was obtained. During the past year 3500 sequences have been added and the data model has been expanded to include drug susceptibility data on sequenced isolates. Database content has also been integrated with didactic text and the output of two sequence analysis programs.

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Anti-HIV Agents / therapeutic use
  • Databases, Factual*
  • HIV Infections / drug therapy
  • HIV Infections / virology
  • HIV Protease / genetics*
  • HIV Reverse Transcriptase / genetics*
  • Humans
  • Information Storage and Retrieval
  • Internet
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Sequence Alignment

Substances

  • Anti-HIV Agents
  • HIV Reverse Transcriptase
  • HIV Protease