The IntAct molecular interaction database in 2010

Nucleic Acids Res. 2010 Jan;38(Database issue):D525-31. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkp878. Epub 2009 Oct 22.

Abstract

IntAct is an open-source, open data molecular interaction database and toolkit. Data is abstracted from the literature or from direct data depositions by expert curators following a deep annotation model providing a high level of detail. As of September 2009, IntAct contains over 200.000 curated binary interaction evidences. In response to the growing data volume and user requests, IntAct now provides a two-tiered view of the interaction data. The search interface allows the user to iteratively develop complex queries, exploiting the detailed annotation with hierarchical controlled vocabularies. Results are provided at any stage in a simplified, tabular view. Specialized views then allows 'zooming in' on the full annotation of interactions, interactors and their properties. IntAct source code and data are freely available at http://www.ebi.ac.uk/intact.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Computational Biology / methods*
  • Computational Biology / trends
  • Databases, Genetic*
  • Databases, Protein*
  • False Positive Reactions
  • Humans
  • Information Storage and Retrieval / methods
  • Internet
  • Programming Languages
  • Protein Interaction Mapping / methods
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary
  • Proteins / chemistry*
  • Software
  • User-Computer Interface
  • Vocabulary, Controlled

Substances

  • Proteins