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From mutant genes to phenotypes! The mission of PHI-base is to provide expertly curated molecular and biological information on genes proven to affect the outcome of pathogen-host interactions. Information is also given on the target sites of some anti-infective chemistries.

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How to cite us:
Urban, M. et al (2022). NAR. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkab1037

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PHI-base 5: PHI-base will migrate to a new gene centric version.

All data curated with our community curation interface, called PHI-Canto will be available from this site. In the near future we will be also migrating our previously curated data.

The PHI-Canto community interspecies curation tool and framework is now published (Cuzick et al, 2023, doi 10.7554/ eLife.84658).
A short overview is provided in an associated eLife digest.
Version: 4.16 release - Last revision: 30/11/2023

PHI-base is funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC, UK) and is being developed and maintained by scientists at Rothamsted Research.
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