FlyBase:External Resources
FlyBase maintains extensive lists of useful external Network and Material Resources for fly researchers that can be accessed from the following links:
Network Resources
Reagent Resources
Links relevant to some of our most popular resources have been compiled and are listed below.
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Stock Centers
List of D. melanogaster Stock Collections
Resource | Description | Author/Source |
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BDSC, Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center | A diverse collection of stocks useful for a wide range of research applications. | BDSC, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA |
DGGR, Kyoto Stock Center | The Department of Drosophila Genomics and Genetics Resources collects, maintains and distributes Drosophila melanogaster strains for research. | DGGR, Kyoto, Japan |
Exelixis | The Exelixis Collection at Harvard Medical School | Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA |
FlyORF | Well characterized transgenic UAS-ORF lines. Approximately 2,400 fly stocks comprising about 1900 genes, generated using the phiC31 integrase method | FlyORF, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland |
NIG-FLY | NIG-RNAi stocks and TRiP Stocks for RNA interference experiments | NIG-FLY, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Japan |
CRISPR system stocks for site-specific mutagenesis | CRISPR system stocks for site-specific mutagenesis at BDSC | BDSC, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA |
Tsinghua Fly Center (THFC) | Transgenic RNAi fly lines | THFC, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China |
VDRC, Vienna Drosophila RNAi Center | Trangenic Drosophila RNAi libraries, a collection of enhancer-GAL4 driver lines, the Tagged FlyFos TransgeneOme (fTRG) library | VDRC, Vienna, Austria |
D. melanogaster Stock Collections by Specific Category
Stock Category | Availability |
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Human Disease Models | BDSC, Kyoto |
Deficiencies | Kyoto |
Insertions | Kyoto, Harvard, GDP |
RNAi | BDSC, NIG-FLY, VDRC, THFC |
GAL4 | BDSC, Kyoto, VDRC, |
UAS | BDSC, Kyoto, FlyOrf |
Fluor | BDSC, Kyoto |
Tagged proteins under native control | BDSC, Kyoto, VDRC |
CRISPR | BDSC, NIG-FLY |
phiC31 | BDSC, Kyoto |
FRT | BDSC, Kyoto |
Balancers | BDSC, Kyoto |
Sequenced strains | BDSC |
Wildtype stocks | BDSC, Kyoto |
Non-melanogaster Drosophila species | Kyoto, DSSC |
D. melanogaster Stock Collection Informational Sites
Resource | Description | Author/Source |
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CRISPR fly design | Details of a set of cas9 transgenic D. melanogaster lines which are available at the BDSC | MRC-Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK |
DrosDel An isogenic deficiency kit for Drosophila melanogaster | Information about isogenic deficiency lines generated by the DrosDel Project | University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK |
Flytrap Project | Information about GFP protein trap lines from the FlyTrap project | Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA |
Gene Disruption Project | Information about insertion lines produced by the Gene Disruption Project (GDP) | Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA |
Gene Disruption Project | Information about MiMIC RMCE Lines | Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA |
Ehime University fly species photographs | Photograph of 102 species of Drosophila in Drosophila stocks of Ehime University. | Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan |
List of Drosophila Species Collections
Resource | Description | Author/Source |
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EHIME-Fly | Wild type stocks of Drosophila species that have been recorded in Japan. EHIME-Fly maintains and distributes over 130 species, represented by approximately 1450 stocks. | Ehime University Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan |
DSSC, Drosophila Species Stock Center | The DSSC maintains a living collection of over 250 Drosophila species represented by approximately 1600 stocks | University of California San Diego San Diego, CA, USA |
KYORIN-Fly | Mutant and wild type stocks of Drosophila species, especially the Drosophila ananassae species subgroup, D. auraria complex, and D. hydei. | Kyorin University Shinkawa, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan |
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Antibodies
Links to collections of Drosophila-specific antibodies.
Resource | Author/Source |
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Abbiotec | San Diego, CA, USA |
Abcam | Cambridge, MA, USA |
Acris Antibodies | San Diego, CA, USA Herford, Germany |
Active Motif | Carlsbad, CA, USA International Locations |
Biorbyt | Cambridge, UK |
Cell Signaling Technology | Danvers, MA, USA International Locations |
Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank (DSHB) | University of Iowa Iowa City, IA, USA |
FabGennix | Frisco, TX, USA |
GeneTex | Irvine, CA, USA International Locations |
Novus | Littleton, CO, USA |
ProSci | Poway, CA, USA |
R&D Systems | Minneapolis, MN, USA |
Santa Cruz Biotechnology | Dallas, Texas, USA |
Sigma Aldrich (additional link) | St. Louis, MO, USA International Locations |
Links to vendors whose collections include Drosophila-specific antibodies.
The table below contains non-direct Drosophila antibody links, additional searching is required from the vendor website.
Resource | Author/Source |
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Abgent | San Diego, CA, USA Suzhou city, Jiangsu Province, China |
antibodies-online | International Locations |
Enzo Life Sciences | Farmingdale, NY, USA |
LifeSpan BioSciences | Seattle, WA, USA |
Thermo Fisher | Waltham, MA, USA |
Lab-generated antibodies in Gene Reports
Antibodies generated by research laboratories for specific proteins are listed in their respective Gene Report under "Stocks and Reagents" → "Antibody Information".
For example, the following screenshot is taken from the Notch gene report:
If no antibodies exist or they have not yet been curated, this section will be empty.
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All Resources
An extensive list of resources and reagents can be found on the pages linked below:
Includes:
- Atlases, Images, and Videos
- CRISPRs and TALENs
- Data Repositories
- Data and Metadata for Drosophila Genomes
- Gene Expression Databases and Tools
- Gene Groups
- General Bioinformatics Tools
- Genome Sequencing Projects
- Human Disease: Drosophila Models and Orthologous Genes
- Interaction and Pathway Databases
- Laboratory Resources
- miRNA and ncRNA Databases and Tools
- Miscellaneous
- Ontology Resources
- Orthology Predictions
- Phylogenetic Comparison Tools
- Population Biology and Polymorphism Resources
- Protein Analysis
- Public Education
- RNAi
- Sequence Analysis
- Taxonomy
- Transcription Regulation Databases and Tools
Drosophila Material Resources (Reagents)
Includes: