There is substantial heterogeneity among primary prostate cancers, evident in the spectrum
of molecular abnormalities and its variable clinical course. As part of The Cancer Genome …

For a number of years the BioMart data warehousing system has proven to be a valuable
resource for scientists seeking a fast and versatile means of accessing the growing volume of …

Background Biologists need to perform complex queries, often across a variety of databases.
Typically, each data resource provides an advanced query interface, each of which must …

The Ensembl ( ) project provides a comprehensive and integrated source of annotation of
chordate genome sequences. Over the past year the number of genomes available from …

The Ensembl project ( http://www.ensembl.org ) is a comprehensive genome information
system featuring an integrated set of genome annotation, databases, and other information for …

This article reviews results on diVerentiation, structure, and regulation of Leydig cells in the
testes of rodents and men. Two different populations—fetal and adult Leydig cells—can be …

The BioMart Community Portal ( www.biomart.org ) is a community-driven effort to provide a
unified interface to biomedical databases that are distributed worldwide. The portal provides …

The International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC) is a collaborative effort to characterize
genomic abnormalities in 50 different cancer types. To make this data available, the ICGC …

BioMart Central Portal ( www.biomart.org ) offers a one-stop shop solution to access a wide
array of biological databases. These include major biomolecular sequence, pathway and …

Prostate tumours are highly variable in their response to therapies, but clinically available
prognostic factors can explain only a fraction of this heterogeneity. Here we analysed 200 …