For general information about the project, visit the Welcome page.
Database Information
AL-Base is written entirely in Ruby, and uses the BioRuby package to simplify sequence alignment and analysis. Updates to the database, including new sequences as well as web site improvements, are submitted about once a month. We routinely survey GenBank for new sequences that should be added to the database. If you notice any omissions, please contact us.
Acknowledgments
The creators of the database would like to thank the following people:- David Seldin, Primary Investigator;
- Maurya Eberhard, for creative input;
- Tatiana Prokaeva, and Brian Spencer, for AL patient LC sequence generation;
- Dr. Avrum Spira and David Ulrich, for technical support and server hosting;
- Benjamin Forbes, for sequence checking and categorization;
- The AL Sequence database is supported by NIH P01 HL68705.
