MAP Kinase Resource – a database and knowledge platform for MAPKs.

Jonas Cicenas, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics and MAP Kinase Resource, Geneva, Switzerland

Jonas Cicenas, Aleksandras Sorokinas, Karthik Kalyan

The advent of internet has altered the way of data storage, accession and analysis. The web has modernized the information processing, allowing more concentrated and immediately accessible data. Scientific data is no longer limited to the format and limitations of the traditional printed media of scientific communication. Internet provides limitless stream of information, enables communication between researchers, and equips researchers with a wide pool of tools to analyze and cross-reference their data. However, there are some drawbacks for the scientists, such as too vast amount of information, the quality of information, the difficulty to find relevant data, etc. Thus, although there are a lot of databases, which contain information on MAP kinases, the more focused and concentrated knowledgebase was created, to meet the needs of scientists, mostly focused on MAP kinases, as well as those who are new to the subject and are willing to learn more. We present “MAP Kinase Resource”.