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Ligand-Gated Ion Channel Database
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Name of repository
Ligand-Gated Ion Channel Database
Additional name(s)
- LGICdb
- LGIC
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Subject(s)
Description
<<<!!!<<<The data resource has been frozen and is no longer actively maintained>>>!!!>>> The Ligand-Gated Ion Channel database provides access to information about transmembrane proteins that exist under different conformations, with three primary subfamilies: the cys-loop superfamily, the ATP gated channels superfamily, and the glutamate activated cationic channels superfamily. The development of the Ligand-Gated Ion Channel database was started in 1994, as part of Le Novère's work on the phylogeny of those receptors' subunits. It grew into a serious data resource, that served the community at large. However, it is not actively maintained anymore. In addition, bioinformatics technology evolved a lot over the last two decades, so that scientists can now generate quickly customised databases from trustworthy primary data resources. Therefore, we decided to officialy freeze the data resource. The resource will not disappear, and all the information and links will stay there. But people should not consider it as an up-to-date trustable resource. For any new work, they should consider using alternative sources, such as UniProt, Ensembl, Protein Databank etc.
Contact(s)
- administrative: lenov@ebi.ac.uk
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Persistent identifier(s) of the repository
Repository size
554 entries
Repository type(s)
- disciplinary
Research data repository language(s)
- English
Data and/or service provider
- dataProvider
- serviceProvider
Dates
Started
1994
Closed
2026-03
Institutions (1)
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- general
Type of institution
non-profit
Policies (2)
Policy name
Policy name
Database access
Type of access to research data repository
open
Data access (1)
Type of access to data
open
Data licenses (1)
Data license
Data upload (1)
Type of data upload
restricted
Data upload restriction type(s)
- registration
Persistent identifier system(s)
- none
Name of the repository software
- unknown
Versioning
yes
Data citation guideline
Enhanced publication
yes
Remarks
Remarks
The LGIC database has been initially developed by Nicolas Le Novère within the team of Jean-Pierre Changeux at the Pasteur Institute, with the help of Catherine Letondal. It was further developed at the EMBL-EBI by Marie-Ange Djite and Antonia Mayer.
Entry date
2014-06-23
Last update
2026-05-27
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