From mutant genes to phenotypes! The mission of PHI-base is to provide expertly curated molecular and biological information on genes proven to affect the outcome of pathogen-host interactions. Information is also given on the target sites of some anti-infective chemistries.

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We recently announced the launch of PHI-base 5, the new gene-centric version of PHI-base, through a press release on the Rothamsted Research website. A summary of the improvements made is also available.

This version allows the display of diverse phenotypes and many additional data curated with our community curation interface, called PHI-Canto.

PHI-base 4 will remain online until end of 2025. Please use this version to download complete datasets.

The PHI-Canto community interspecies curation tool and framework description is available here: Cuzick et al, 2023, doi 10.7554/ eLife.84658.
A short overview is provided in an associated eLife digest.

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From mutant genes to phenotypes! The mission of PHI-base is to provide expertly curated molecular and biological information on genes proven to affect the outcome of pathogen-host interactions. Information is also given on the target sites of some anti-infective chemistries. Pathogens Hosts Diseases Ontologies Taxonomies Literature citations Community resources External resources PhytoPath Wiki page PHI-base publications Developer resources (API) PHI-base data Search PHI-base Download PHI-base data View PHI-base statistics Submit your published phenotype data Getting Started Text search Search terms are auto completed when entries are found. PHIB-BLAST Find homologs and their phenotypes Submit data Manual curation of the pathogen interaction literature How to cite us: Urban, M. et al (2025). NAR. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkae1084 Tweets by @PHI_base PHI spotlight We recently announced the launch of PHI-base 5, the new gene-centric version of PHI-base, through a press release on the Rothamsted Research website. A summary of the improvements made is also available. This version allows the display of diverse phenotypes and many additional data curated with our community curation interface, called PHI-Canto. PHI-base 4 will remain online until end of 2025. Please use this version to download complete datasets. The PHI-Canto community interspecies curation tool and framework description is available here: Cuzick et al, 2023, doi 10.7554/ eLife.84658. A short overview is provided in an associated eLife digest.
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