Gene database of Caenorhabditis elegans

Caenorhabditis elegans is
a heavily research upon model organism useful for informing us of the possible
genetic underpinnings of human aging as well as disease. A worm whose cellular
lineage has been defined by a rich body of prior work, we could draw upon our
knowledge of the phenotype of each cell in the worm to help correlate or
uncover the genetic basis of observed phenotypes. This work sought to provide
fundamental information about the genetic repertoire of C. elegans by
parsing its annotated genome sequence downloaded from GenBank. Comprising gene
name, gene function, and gene sequence, the database should be a useful
resource for newcomers to the C. elegans field seeking to obtain an
initial understanding of the genetic repertoire of the organism, as well as its
metabolic capabilities.