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Sharing Mutants and Experimental Information Prepublication using FgMutantDb (https://scabusa.org/FgMutantDb).

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There is no comprehensive storage for generated mutants of Fusarium graminearum or data associated with these mutants. Instead researchers relied on several independent and non-integrated databases. FgMutantDb was designed as a simple spreadsheet that is accessible globally on the web that will function as a centralized source of information on F. graminearum mutants. FgMutantDb aids in the maintenance and sharing of mutants within a research community. It will serve also as a platform for disseminating prepublication results as well as negative results that often go unreported. Additionally, the highly curated information on mutants in FgMutantDb will be shared with other databases such as FungiDB, Ensembl, PhytoPath, and PHI-base, through updating reports. Here we describe the creation and potential usefulness of FgMutantDb to the F. graminearum research community, and provide a tutorial on its use. This type of database could be easily emulated for collaborating and tracking research generated mutants in other fungal species.

Year of Publication
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2018
Journal
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Fungal genetics and biology : FG & B
Date Published
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2018
ISSN Number
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1087-1845
URL
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http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1087-1845(18)30002-1
DOI
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10.1016/j.fgb.2018.01.002
Short Title
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Fungal Genet Biol
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