Species
List of the Latin names and English names of the species, available in IMGT/LIGM-DB and IMGT Repertoire.
Species names and the corresponding taxonomy are those provided by NCBI to keep complete interoperability with generalist databases. Since IG and TR proteins are synthetised by vertebrates, only vertebrate species are represented in IMGT-ONTOLOGY. However, invertebrate species can easily be added if the field of investigation is later extended (for instance, members of the immunoglobulin superfamily).
Species can be queried from the "Taxonomy,..." module in IMGT/LIGM-DB.
The 'species' concept is part of the 'IDENTIFICATION' concept of IMGT-ONTOLOGY [1].
Abbreviations:
In tables and figures, genus and species names may be abbreviated if necessary,
with a 6-letter code, 3 from the genus name and 3 from the species name.
For example: Acibae for Acipenser baeri, Homsap for Homo sapiens...
These 6-letter code abbreviation can also be used for the description of
reagents, constructs or primers. It is then recommended to use italics.
For example: Acibae for Acipenser baeri, Homsap for Homo sapiens...
Reference:
[1] Giudicelli, V. and Lefranc, M.-P., Bioinformatics, 15, 1047-1054
(1999) PMID:10745995, LIGM:221
