REGULATORY GENOMIC SEQUENCES THESAURUS AS A TOOL FOR SEARCHING TRRD DATABASE

Motivation: One of the problems of when searching for the information needed in databases is to take into account the presence of synonyms of numerous terms used and hierarchical organization of concepts. The majority of retrieval systems search only for the certain textual string (keyword), which is frequently inconvenient for the user. Results: A retrieval system assisting the user in working with TRRD, which addresses particular biological problems, has been developed. While operating, the retrieval system uses hierarchically organized thesauruses of cells, tissues, and organs, permitting the queries to the SRS TRRD version not only by a particular keyword, but also retrieval of the data on all the connected words (daughter terms with reference to the initial word) or all its synonyms simultaneously. A specialized section of the TRRD database on tissues and organs, helping the user to obtain additional reference information, were created