Avian Immunome DB: an example of a user-friendly interface for extracting genetic information.

Background: Genomic and genetic studies often require a target list of genes before conducting any hypothesis testing or experimental verification. With the ever-growing number of sequenced genomes and a variety of different annotation strategies, comes the potential for ambiguous gene symbols, making it cumbersome to capture the "correct" set of genes. In this article, we present and describe the Avian Immunome DB (AVIMM) for easy gene property extraction as exemplified by avian immune genes.