RNAcentral: an international database of ncRNA sequences.
RNAcentral Consortium None., Petrov AI., Kay SJE., Gibson R., Kulesha E., Staines D., Bruford EA., Wright MW., Burge S., Finn RD., Kersey PJ., Cochrane G., Bateman A., Griffiths-Jones S., Harrow J., Chan PP., Lowe TM., Zwieb CW., Wower J., Williams KP., Hudson CM., Gutell R., Clark MB., Dinger M., Quek XC., Bujnicki JM., Chua N-H., Liu J., Wang H., Skogerbø G., Zhao Y., Chen R., Zhu W., Cole JR., Chai B., Huang H-D., Huang H-Y., Cherry JM., Hatzigeorgiou A., Pruitt KD.
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.