Ensembl 2019

Fiona Cunningham(European Bioinformatics Institute), Premanand Achuthan(European Bioinformatics Institute), Wasiu Akanni(European Bioinformatics Institute), James E. Allen(European Bioinformatics Institute), M Ridwan Amode(European Bioinformatics Institute), Irina M. Armean(European Bioinformatics Institute), Ruth Bennett(European Bioinformatics Institute), Jyothish Bhai(European Bioinformatics Institute), Konstantinos Billis(European Bioinformatics Institute), Sanjay Boddu(European Bioinformatics Institute), Carla Cummins(European Bioinformatics Institute), Claire Davidson(European Bioinformatics Institute), Kamalkumar Dodiya(European Bioinformatics Institute), Astrid Gall(European Bioinformatics Institute), Carlos García Girón(European Bioinformatics Institute), Laurent Gil(European Bioinformatics Institute), Tiago Grego(European Bioinformatics Institute), Leanne Haggerty(European Bioinformatics Institute), Erin Haskell(European Bioinformatics Institute), Thibaut Hourlier(European Bioinformatics Institute), Osagie Izuogu(European Bioinformatics Institute), Sophie H. Janacek(European Bioinformatics Institute), Thomas Juettemann(European Bioinformatics Institute), Mike Kay(European Bioinformatics Institute), Matthew R. Laird(European Bioinformatics Institute), Ilias Lavidas(European Bioinformatics Institute), Zhicheng Liu(European Bioinformatics Institute), Jane Loveland(European Bioinformatics Institute), José Carlos Marugán(European Bioinformatics Institute), Thomas Maurel(European Bioinformatics Institute), Aoife McMahon(European Bioinformatics Institute), Benjamin Moore(European Bioinformatics Institute), Joannella Morales(European Bioinformatics Institute), Jonathan M. Mudge(European Bioinformatics Institute), Michael Nuhn(European Bioinformatics Institute), Denye Ogeh(European Bioinformatics Institute), Anne Parker(European Bioinformatics Institute), Andrew Parton(European Bioinformatics Institute), Mateus Patrício(European Bioinformatics Institute), Ahamed Imran Abdul Salam(European Bioinformatics Institute), Bianca M. Schmitt(European Bioinformatics Institute), Helen Schuilenburg(European Bioinformatics Institute), Dan Sheppard(European Bioinformatics Institute), Helen Sparrow(European Bioinformatics Institute), Eloise Stapleton(European Bioinformatics Institute), M. Szuba(European Bioinformatics Institute), Kieron Taylor(European Bioinformatics Institute), Glen Threadgold(European Bioinformatics Institute), Anja Thormann(European Bioinformatics Institute), Alessandro Vullo(European Bioinformatics Institute), Brandon Walts(European Bioinformatics Institute), Andrea Winterbottom(European Bioinformatics Institute), Amonida Zadissa(European Bioinformatics Institute), Marc Chakiachvili(European Bioinformatics Institute), Adam Frankish(European Bioinformatics Institute), Sarah Hunt(European Bioinformatics Institute), Myrto Kostadima(European Bioinformatics Institute), Nicholas Langridge(European Bioinformatics Institute), Fergal J. Martin(European Bioinformatics Institute), Matthieu Muffato(European Bioinformatics Institute), Emily Perry(European Bioinformatics Institute), Magali Ruffier(European Bioinformatics Institute), D. Staines(European Bioinformatics Institute), Stephen J. Trevanion(European Bioinformatics Institute), Bronwen Aken(European Bioinformatics Institute), Andrew Yates(European Bioinformatics Institute), Daniel R. Zerbino(European Bioinformatics Institute), Paul Flicek(European Bioinformatics Institute)
Nucleic Acids Research
October 23, 2018
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Abstract

The Ensembl project (https://www.ensembl.org) makes key genomic data sets available to the entire scientific community without restrictions. Ensembl seeks to be a fundamental resource driving scientific progress by creating, maintaining and updating reference genome annotation and comparative genomics resources. This year we describe our new and expanded gene, variant and comparative annotation capabilities, which led to a 50% increase in the number of vertebrate genomes we support. We have also doubled the number of available human variants and added regulatory regions for many mouse cell types and developmental stages. Our data sets and tools are available via the Ensembl website as well as a through a RESTful webservice, Perl application programming interface and as data files for download.


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