Citations:
For ISfinder please cite: Siguier P. et al. (2006) ISfinder: the reference centre for bacterial insertion sequences. Nucleic Acids Res. 34: D32-D36 (link pubmed) and the database URL (http://www-is.biotoul.fr).
For ISbrowser please cite: Kichenaradja P. et al. (2010) ISbrowser: an extension of ISfinder for visualizing insertion sequences in prokaryotic genomes. Nucleic Acids Res. 38: D62-D68 (link pubmed).
For ISsaga please cite: Varani A. et al. (2011) ISsaga: an ensemble of web-based methods for high throughput identification and semi-automatic annotation of insertion sequences in prokaryotic genomes, Genome Biology 2011, 12:R30 (link pubmed).
Request an attribution number:
Many journals now ask contributors to obtain an attribution number for IS elements before publication. To do this:
You may also ask us to withhold your IS from the public data base until you wish it to be released (but please don't forget to recontact us). All sequences will be transferred to the public data base after a period of six months from submission.