RNAcentral: an international database of ncRNA sequences

Anton I. Petrov, Simon Kay, Richard Gibson, Eugene Kulesha, D. Staines, Elspeth A. Bruford(European Bioinformatics Institute), Matt W. Wright, Sarah Burge, ROBERT FINN, Paul Kersey, Guy Cochrane, Alex Bateman(European Bioinformatics Institute), Elspeth A. Bruford(Wellcome Trust), Sam Griffiths‐Jones(University of Manchester), Jennifer Harrow(Wellcome Sanger Institute), Patricia P. Chan(University of California, Santa Cruz), Todd M. Lowe(University of California, Santa Cruz), Christian Zwieb(The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio), Jacek Wower(Aquatic Animal Health Research Laboratory), Kelly P. Williams(Sandia National Laboratories), Corey Hudson(Sandia National Laboratories California), Robin R. Gutell(The University of Texas at Austin), Michael B. Clark(University of Oxford), Marcel E. Dinger(University of California, Santa Cruz), Xiu Cheng Quek(Garvan Institute of Medical Research), Janusz M. Bujnicki(International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology), Nam‐Hai Chua(Rockefeller University), Jun Liu(Rockefeller University), Huan Wang(Rockefeller University), Geir Skogerbø(Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biophysics), Yi Zhao(Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biophysics), Runsheng Chen(Institute of Computing Technology), Weimin Zhu(Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College), James R. Cole(Michigan State University), Benli Chai(Michigan State University), Hsien‐Da Huang(National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University), His-Yuan Huang(National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University), J. Michael Cherry(Stanford University), Artemis G. Hatzigeorgiou(University of Thessaly), Kim D. Pruitt(National Center for Biotechnology Information)
Nucleic Acids Research
October 28, 2014
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Abstract

The field of non-coding RNA biology has been hampered by the lack of availability of a comprehensive, up-to-date collection of accessioned RNA sequences. Here we present the first release of RNAcentral, a database that collates and integrates information from an international consortium of established RNA sequence databases. The initial release contains over 8.1 million sequences, including representatives of all major functional classes. A web portal (http://rnacentral.org) provides free access to data, search functionality, cross-references, source code and an integrated genome browser for selected species.


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