OKCAM (Ontology-based Knowledgebase for Cell Adhesion Molecules) is an online resource for human genes known or predicted to be related to the processes of cell adhesion. These genes include members of the cadherin, immunoglobulin/FibronectinIII (IgFn), integrin, neurexin, neuroligin, and catenin families.
We have mapped these genes onto a novel cell adhesion molecule ontology (CAMO) that provides a hierarchical description of cell adhesion molecules and their functions. It is intended to provide a means to facilitate better and better understanding of the global and specific properties of CAMs through their genomic features, regulatory modes, expression patterns and disease associations become clearer.
* Chuan-Yun Li, Qingrong Liu, Ping-Wu Zhang, Xiao-Mo Li, Liping Wei & George R Uhl. OKCAM: An Ontology-based, Human-centered Knowledgebase for Cell Adhesion Molecules; Nucleic Acid Research (2008); in press
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