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==Construction==
BOND integrates the original Blueprint Initiative databases as well as other databases, such as [[Genbank]], combined with many tools required to analyze these data. Annotation links for sequences, including taxon identifiers, redundant sequences, [[Gene Ontology]] descriptions, [[Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man]] identifiers, [[conserved domains]], data base cross-references, LocusLink Identifiers and complete genomes are also available. Bond facilitates cross-database queries and is an [[Open access (publishing)|open access]] resource which integrates interaction and sequence data. <ref name= "BOND">[http://bond.unleashedinformatics.com BOND at Unleashed Informatics]</ref>
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The idea of a database to document all known molecular interactions was originally put forth by [[Tony Pawson]] in the 1990’s and was later developed by scientists at the [[University of Toronto]] in collaboration with the [[University of British Columbia]]. The development of the Biomolecular Interaction Network Database (BIND) has been supported by grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research ([[CIHR]]), Genome Canada, the Canadian Foundation for Innovation and the Ontario Research and Development Fund. BIND was originally designed to be a constantly growing depository for information regarding biomolecular interactions, molecular complexes and pathways. As [[proteomics]] is a rapidly advancing field, there is a need to have information from scientific journals readily available to researchers. BIND facilitates the understanding of molecular interactions and pathways involved in cellular processes and will eventually give scientists a better understanding of developmental processes and disease pathogenesis
The major goals of the BIND project are: to create a public proteomics resource that is available to all; to create a platform to enable [[datamining]] from other sources (PreBIND); to create a platform capable of presenting visualizations of complex molecular interactions. From the beginning, BIND has been [[Open access (publishing)|open access]] and software can be freely distributed and modified. Currently, BIND includes a data specification, a database and associated data mining and visualization tools. Eventually, it is hoped that BIND will be a collection of all the interactions occurring in each of the major model organisms.
===Database structure===
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