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The GRID: The General Repository for Interaction Datasets

Bobby-Joe Breitkreutz1,2, Chris Stark1,2 and Mike Tyers1*

Author Affiliations

1 Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, University Avenue, Toronto, M5G 1X5, Canada

2 These authors contributed equally to this work

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Genome Biology 2003, 4:R23 doi:10.1186/gb-2003-4-3-r23


A previous version of this manuscript was made available before peer review at http://genomebiology.com/2002/3/12/preprint/0013/

Published: 27 February 2003

Abstract

We have developed a relational database, called the General Repository for Interaction Datasets (The GRID) to archive and display physical, genetic and functional interactions. The GRID displays data-rich interaction tables for any protein of interest, combines literature-derived and high-throughput interaction datasets, and is readily accessible via the web. Interactions parsed in The GRID can be viewed in graphical form with a versatile visualization tool called Osprey.