The Rice Annotation Project Database (RAP-DB): hub for Oryza sativa ssp. japonica genome information.

Hajime Ohyanagi*, Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Hiroaki Sakai, Yasumasa Shigemoto, Kaori Yamaguchi, Takuya Habara, Yasuyuki Fujii, Baltazar A. Antonio, Yoshiaki Nagamura, Tadashi Imanishi, Kazuho Ikeo, Takeshi Itoh, Takashi Gojobori, Takuji Sasaki

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Abstract

With the completion of the rice genome sequencing, a standardized annotation is necessary so that the information from the genome sequence can be fully utilized in understanding the biology of rice and other cereal crops. An annotation jamboree was held in Japan with the aim of annotating and manually curating all the genes in the rice genome. Here we present the Rice Annotation Project Database (RAP-DB), which has been developed to provide access to the annotation data. The RAP-DB has two different types of annotation viewers, BLAST and BLAT search, and other useful features. By connecting the annotations to other rice genomics data, such as full-length cDNAs and Tos17 mutant lines, the RAP-DB serves as a hub for rice genomics. All of the resources can be accessed through http://rapdb.lab.nig.ac.jp/.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)D741-744
JournalNUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH
Volume34
Issue numberDatabase issue
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2006
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Genetics

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