The ACLAME database is dedicated to the collection, analysis and classification of sequenced mobile genetic elements (MGEs, in particular phages and plasmids). Classifications are available at various levels of organization. At the gene/protein level, families group similar sequences that are expected to share the same function. Families of four or more proteins are manually assigned with a functional annotation using the GeneOntology and the locally developed ontology MeGO dedicated to MGEs. At the genome level, evolutionary cohesive modules group sets of protein families shared among MGEs. At the population level, networks display the reticulate evolutionary relationships among MGEs.
Phage In silico Regulatory Elements (PHIRE) is a standalone program in Visual Basic which performs a string-based search on bacteriophage genome sequences discovering and extracting blocks displaying sequence similarity corresponding to conserved regulatory elements contained within these genomes.
phiSITE is a database of gene regulation in bacteriophages. It collects experimentally confirmed or predicted regulatory elements (promoters, operators, terminators and attachment sites) from bacteriophages belonging to Siphoviridae, Myoviridae and Podoviridae families. The database is manually curated, the data are collected mainly form scientific papers, cross-referenced with other database resources (EMBL, UniProt, NCBI taxonomy database, NCBI Genome, ICTVdb, PubMed Central).