# Tutorials, Information, Help **URL:** https://community.alliancegenome.org/c/model-organism-yeast/tutorials-information-help/240.md [Latest](https://community.alliancegenome.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.alliancegenome.org/categories.md) --- ## [About the Tutorials, Information, Help category](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/about-the-tutorials-information-help-category/6958)
**Author:** [@DavidS](https://community.alliancegenome.org/u/DavidS)\ **Replies:** 0
--- ## [How to Download Phenotype Annotations from SGD](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/how-to-download-phenotype-annotations-from-sgd/8725)
**Author:** [@stacia](https://community.alliancegenome.org/u/stacia)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2026, 7:27pm UTC](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/how-to-download-phenotype-annotations-from-sgd/8725 "2026-09-17T19:27:56Z")
Q: Is it possible to download a flat file for all phenotype annotations? The short answer is yes! There are two easy ways to get all of the phenotype annotations at SGD. Option 1: The SGD Downloads Site SGD maintains a … --- ## [Finding Your Publication in SGD](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/finding-your-publication-in-sgd/8717)
**Author:** [@suzi](https://community.alliancegenome.org/u/suzi)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2026, 12:38am UTC](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/finding-your-publication-in-sgd/8717 "2026-08-28T00:38:58Z")
One of the most common questions we receive is: “Where can I find my paper in SGD?” Your work is probably here, on SGD’s Literature tab. The Literature tab is organized into groups of papers, making it easy to find spec… --- ## [Understanding Gene Ontology Annotation Requirements: A Guide for Experimental Design](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/understanding-gene-ontology-annotation-requirements-a-guide-for-experimental-design/8680)
**Author:** [@stacia](https://community.alliancegenome.org/u/stacia)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2026, 10:46pm UTC](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/understanding-gene-ontology-annotation-requirements-a-guide-for-experimental-design/8680 "2026-06-10T22:46:39Z")
--- ## [Biochemical Pathways at SGD: Comprehensive Integration and Access Across Multiple Platforms](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/biochemical-pathways-at-sgd-comprehensive-integration-and-access-across-multiple-platforms/8679)
**Author:** [@stacia](https://community.alliancegenome.org/u/stacia)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2026, 9:05pm UTC](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/biochemical-pathways-at-sgd-comprehensive-integration-and-access-across-multiple-platforms/8679 "2026-06-08T21:05:33Z")
--- ## [How to Find UTR Lengths for Yeast Genes](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/how-to-find-utr-lengths-for-yeast-genes/8666)
**Author:** [@stacia](https://community.alliancegenome.org/u/stacia)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2026, 10:17pm UTC](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/how-to-find-utr-lengths-for-yeast-genes/8666 "2026-05-21T22:17:27Z")
Have you ever wondered where you can find information about the 5’ and 3’ UTRs (untranslated regions) for a list of yeast genes? If you’re working with Saccharomyces cerevisiae and need UTR information, we have several … --- ## [Adding a New Gene to the Reference Genome Annotation](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/adding-a-new-gene-to-the-reference-genome-annotation/8655)
**Author:** [@edith](https://community.alliancegenome.org/u/edith)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2026, 9:57pm UTC](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/adding-a-new-gene-to-the-reference-genome-annotation/8655 "2026-04-23T21:57:04Z")
SGD maintains the most up-to-date version of the complete genomic sequence of S. cerevisiae strain S288C. If your lab has characterized a gene or genomic feature that isn’t yet annotated, getting it added is a meaningful… --- ## [Naming Your Newly Characterized Yeast Gene: A Guide to SGD Gene Nomenclature](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/naming-your-newly-characterized-yeast-gene-a-guide-to-sgd-gene-nomenclature/8647)
**Author:** [@stacia](https://community.alliancegenome.org/u/stacia)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2026, 9:19pm UTC](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/naming-your-newly-characterized-yeast-gene-a-guide-to-sgd-gene-nomenclature/8647 "2026-04-03T21:19:46Z")
Have you discovered the function of a previously uncharacterized Saccharomyces cerevisiae gene? Here’s everything you need to know about giving it an official standard name. Understanding Yeast Gene Nomenclature SGD mai… --- ## [Commonly Used Strains](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/commonly-used-strains/7825)
**Author:** [@stacia](https://community.alliancegenome.org/u/stacia)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 10:39pm UTC](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/commonly-used-strains/7825 "2024-10-04T22:39:22Z")
This page describes some of the most commonly used yeast lab strains. Much of the information is taken from F. Sherman (2002) Getting started with yeast, Methods Enzymol. 350, 3-41. Other useful papers for strain backgro… --- ## [Looking for data? Try SGD Downloads!](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/looking-for-data-try-sgd-downloads/7759)
**Author:** [@stacia](https://community.alliancegenome.org/u/stacia)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2024, 3:33pm UTC](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/looking-for-data-try-sgd-downloads/7759 "2024-08-13T15:33:55Z")
SGD distributes data in various files in the SGD Downloads site. For information regarding genes and IDs, etc., check out the chromosomal\_features directory. There you will find various files, including: Saccharomyce… --- ## [Browse Metabolic Pathways at SGD](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/browse-metabolic-pathways-at-sgd/7398)
**Author:** [@stacia](https://community.alliancegenome.org/u/stacia)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2023, 4:04pm UTC](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/browse-metabolic-pathways-at-sgd/7398 "2023-12-15T16:04:32Z")
Did you know that SGD has 220 curated biochemical pathways for you to explore? SGD’s YeastPathways is a database of metabolic pathways and enzymes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. YeastPathways enables you to visualize ye… --- ## [Disease Pages at SGD: Linking Yeast Genetics and Human Disease](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/disease-pages-at-sgd-linking-yeast-genetics-and-human-disease/7387)
**Author:** [@stacia](https://community.alliancegenome.org/u/stacia)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2023, 11:05pm UTC](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/disease-pages-at-sgd-linking-yeast-genetics-and-human-disease/7387 "2023-12-08T23:05:25Z")
To promote the use of yeast for biomedical research, SGD utilizes the Disease Ontology (DO) to describe human diseases that are associated with yeast homologs. Disease Ontology annotations to yeast genes are available th… --- ## [Search full-text with Textpresso: new papers added weekly](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/search-full-text-with-textpresso-new-papers-added-weekly/7376)
**Author:** [@stacia](https://community.alliancegenome.org/u/stacia)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2023, 12:30am UTC](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/search-full-text-with-textpresso-new-papers-added-weekly/7376 "2023-12-06T00:30:42Z")
Search full-text with Textpresso: new papers added weekly SGD’s instance of Textpresso has recently been updated! Each week, SGD biocurators triage new publications from PubMed to load the newest yeast papers into the da… --- ## [SGD Allele Pages](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/sgd-allele-pages/7368)
**Author:** [@stacia](https://community.alliancegenome.org/u/stacia)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2023, 4:44pm UTC](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/sgd-allele-pages/7368 "2023-12-01T16:44:55Z")
Did you know that SGD has Allele Pages available on our website? To navigate to an allele page, use the search bar to find a specific allele or enter a gene name and select an allele from the autocomplete list. These pa… --- ## [Browse Metabolic Pathways at SGD](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/browse-metabolic-pathways-at-sgd/7345)
**Author:** [@stacia](https://community.alliancegenome.org/u/stacia)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2023, 4:58pm UTC](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/browse-metabolic-pathways-at-sgd/7345 "2023-11-17T16:58:58Z")
Did you know that SGD has over 200 curated biochemical pathways for you to explore? SGD’s YeastPathways is a database of metabolic pathways and enzymes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. YeastPathways enables you to visuali… --- ## [Explore SGD with a click of a button](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/explore-sgd-with-a-click-of-a-button/7334)
**Author:** [@edith](https://community.alliancegenome.org/u/edith)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2023, 12:36am UTC](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/explore-sgd-with-a-click-of-a-button/7334 "2023-11-16T00:36:23Z")
SGD encourages users to click the ‘Explore SGD’ button on our homepage to discover SGD data and pages without an initial search query. After selecting the ‘Explore SGD’ button, users will be redirected to our search r… --- ## [SGD Homology pages](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/sgd-homology-pages/7332)
**Author:** [@stacia](https://community.alliancegenome.org/u/stacia)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2023, 5:07pm UTC](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/sgd-homology-pages/7332 "2023-11-15T17:07:56Z")
Did you know that SGD has Homology pages? They can be accessed by clicking on the Homology tab in the header of SGD gene pages. The information displayed on the Homology Pages is divided into several sections: Hom… --- ## [Protein Complex pages at SGD](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/protein-complex-pages-at-sgd/7324)
**Author:** [@stacia](https://community.alliancegenome.org/u/stacia)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2023, 7:54pm UTC](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/protein-complex-pages-at-sgd/7324 "2023-11-09T19:54:11Z")
Did you know? SGD has protein complex pages that have the same format as gene pages, with tabs across the top for each category of information, including a Summary page, a Gene Ontology tab, and a Literature tab for each… --- ## [Submit Data to SGD!](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/submit-data-to-sgd/7311)
**Author:** [@stacia](https://community.alliancegenome.org/u/stacia)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2023, 9:26pm UTC](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/submit-data-to-sgd/7311 "2023-11-06T21:26:24Z")
Help SGD annotate your paper by pointing us to your novel results, datasets, or other important information! Authors can submit their own data for their publications using SGD’s simple submit data form. Be sure to conta… --- ## [ICYMI: Interactions pages at SGD](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/icymi-interactions-pages-at-sgd/7314)
**Author:** [@stacia](https://community.alliancegenome.org/u/stacia)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2023, 6:28pm UTC](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/icymi-interactions-pages-at-sgd/7314 "2023-11-07T18:28:46Z")
In case you missed it, during the pandemic, SGD made a couple of updates to our Gene Interactions Page for improved clarity. In years past, genetic and physical interaction annotations were combined in one table. Now th… --- ## [Links to AlphaFold 3D Predicted Protein Structure Database](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/links-to-alphafold-3d-predicted-protein-structure-database/7296)
**Author:** [@stacia](https://community.alliancegenome.org/u/stacia)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2023, 9:36pm UTC](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/links-to-alphafold-3d-predicted-protein-structure-database/7296 "2023-10-31T21:36:24Z")
Would you like to see the shape of your protein? SGD contains links to AlphaFold in the Resources section of the Summary, Protein and Homology pages for every gene. The links through SGD give quick access to EMBL-Euro… --- ## [How do your papers get into SGD?](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/how-do-your-papers-get-into-sgd/7210)
**Author:** [@stacia](https://community.alliancegenome.org/u/stacia)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2023, 11:11pm UTC](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/how-do-your-papers-get-into-sgd/7210 "2023-10-03T23:11:26Z")
Members of the yeast community come to SGD to find the latest peer-reviewed budding yeast-specific scientific literature. You could go to Google or PubMed and find huge piles of literature…but then you’d have to slog thr… --- ## [Where to find Yeast-GFP clones](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/where-to-find-yeast-gfp-clones/7185)
**Author:** [@stacia](https://community.alliancegenome.org/u/stacia)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 6:38pm UTC](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/where-to-find-yeast-gfp-clones/7185 "2023-09-26T18:38:40Z")
We get this question at SGD a lot: “Where can we get the yeast-GFP clones?” The only thing that we can find about #GFP strains post-ThermoFisher/Invitrogen is the ‘Get the libraries/strains’ link on Maya Schuldiner’s la… --- ## [Allele SGDIDs added to YeastMine](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/allele-sgdids-added-to-yeastmine/7192)
**Author:** [@stacia](https://community.alliancegenome.org/u/stacia)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/allele-sgdids-added-to-yeastmine/7192 "2023-09-28T16:13:29Z")
YeastMine is SGD’s data warehouse, powered by InterMine. We have so many templates (i.e., pre-defined queries) that provide access to so many different kinds of data! A big area of focus for SGD and the yeast community … --- ## [Chemical structures now on Chemical pages in SGD](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/chemical-structures-now-on-chemical-pages-in-sgd/7149)
**Author:** [@stacia](https://community.alliancegenome.org/u/stacia)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 7:11pm UTC](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/chemical-structures-now-on-chemical-pages-in-sgd/7149 "2023-09-14T19:11:19Z")
SGD curators use the Chemical Entities of Biological Interest (ChEBI) Ontology, maintained by EMBL-EBI, to describe chemicals used in experiments curated from yeast publications and displayed on SGD webpages. You may ha… --- ## [Biochemical Pathways now in SGD Search](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/biochemical-pathways-now-in-sgd-search/7146)
**Author:** [@stacia](https://community.alliancegenome.org/u/stacia)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2023, 7:11pm UTC](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/biochemical-pathways-now-in-sgd-search/7146 "2023-09-13T19:11:11Z")
YeastPathways, which is the database of metabolic pathways and enzymes in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, is manually curated and maintained by the curation team at SGD. This resource is jam-packed with info… --- ## [Find primers from Saccharomyces Genome Deletion Project](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/find-primers-from-saccharomyces-genome-deletion-project/7122)
**Author:** [@stacia](https://community.alliancegenome.org/u/stacia)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2023, 8:05pm UTC](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/find-primers-from-saccharomyces-genome-deletion-project/7122 "2023-09-05T20:05:10Z")
Archived Deletion Project website: http://yeastdeletions.stanford.edu/ The list of primers: http://yeastdeletion-sgtc.yeastgenome.org/Deletion\_primers\_PCR\_sizes.txt In 1996 the Saccharomyces Genome Project has revea… --- ## [Updated list: Yeast ORF and gene names](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/updated-list-yeast-orf-and-gene-names/7107)
**Author:** [@stacia](https://community.alliancegenome.org/u/stacia)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2023, 5:03pm UTC](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/updated-list-yeast-orf-and-gene-names/7107 "2023-08-29T17:03:02Z")
Find an updated list of all budding yeast genes and other genomic elements in YeastMine, SGD’s data warehouse: https://yeastmine.yeastgenome.org/yeastmine/template.do?name=SGD\_Chr\_Features\_Tab&scope=all --- ## [Explore the S288C Transcriptome in JBrowse](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/explore-the-s288c-transcriptome-in-jbrowse/6986)
**Author:** [@edith](https://community.alliancegenome.org/u/edith)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2023, 10:29pm UTC](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/explore-the-s288c-transcriptome-in-jbrowse/6986 "2023-06-23T22:29:54Z")
We have recently equipped our genome browsing tool JBrowse with 9 new Transcriptome data tracks, making JBrowse an even more powerful way to explore the vast heterogeneity of the S288C transcriptome. These … --- ## [Key features of SGD's website](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/key-features-of-sgds-website/6983)
**Author:** [@edith](https://community.alliancegenome.org/u/edith)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2023, 7:39pm UTC](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/key-features-of-sgds-website/6983 "2023-06-22T19:39:08Z")
What are the basic features of SGD? In our new video you will learn some of the key features that are available to users to help with their research efforts. We realize that there are many resources not in… [Next page](https://community.alliancegenome.org/c/model-organism-yeast/tutorials-information-help/240.md?page=1)