We have created a new sister database to the main Guide to PHARMACOLOGY (GtoPdb) – SynPharm, a database of drug-responsive protein sequences. Each sequence in SynPharm is derived from a GtoPdb interaction. In each case we have identified the continuous…
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GtoImmuPdb: technical update September 2016
The focus of development in the last month has been on preparing the GtoImmuPdb portal for alpha-release and building landing-pages for process and cell type association lists.
Posted in Guide to Immunopharmacology, Technical
GtoImmuPdb: technical update August 2016
The major developmental extension to GtoImmuPdb has been incorporation of cell type associations and web-app development to display both process and cell type data.
Posted in Guide to Immunopharmacology, Technical
GtoImmuPdb: technical update May 2016
Development of the Guide to Immunopharmacology (GtoImmuPdb) continues and this is an update of progress since our last update in February 2016. Since then, the GtoImmuPdb April Meeting was held in Edinburgh, where a detailed update on the status of…
Posted in Guide to Immunopharmacology, Technical
GtoImmuPdb: technical update Feb 2016
Technical update from database and curation team behind The Guide to Immunopharmacology
Posted in Guide to Immunopharmacology, Technical
Database Release August 2015
The first version of our REST web services is now available for beta testing
MySQL relational database and other options for download
As mentioned in various places (including our FAQ) we welcome the downloading of our content in various slices and formats (listed here). Please contact us if you do this, not only out of professional courtesy but also so we can…
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Retrospective entity linking from the literature: IUPHAR allostery review
Many of you will have noticed a gradual blurring of the distinction between publications and databases. One manifestation of this is “live linking” where entities within the text of an open access manuscript connect directly to the URL of an…
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A Pharmacologists’ Guide to Resolving Chemical Structures and their Protein Targets from the Literature
This is an introduction to resolving bioactive ligands and their protein targets from the literature. It includes their conversion to standardised molecular identifiers so these can be communicated to the Guide to PHARMACOLOGY (GtoPdb) team. (n.b. identifying what is already…
Chemical search drawing tools: updating Java and security exceptions
Regular users of the Guide to PHARMACOLOGY will be aware that the site includes a ‘Chemical structure search’ function whereby users can draw chemical structures or parts of structures and use these to search against the database. Users can also…
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