title: RPG: the Ribosomal Protein Gene database.
abstract: RPG (http://ribosome.miyazaki-med.ac.jp/) is a new database that provides detailed information about ribosomal protein (RP) genes. It contains data from humans and other organisms, including Drosophila melanogaster, Caenorhabditis elegans, Saccharo myces cerevisiae, Methanococcus jannaschii and Escherichia coli. Users can search the database by gene name and organism. Each record includes sequences (genomic, cDNA and amino acid sequences), intron/exon structures, genomic locations and information about orthologs. In addition, users can view and compare the gene structures of the above organisms and make multiple amino acid sequence alignments. RPG also provides information on small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs) that are encoded in the introns of RP genes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, Research Center for Frontier Bioscience, Miyazaki University, 5200 Kihara, Kiyotake, Miyazaki 889-1692, Japan.
authors.forename: Akihiro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nakao
authors.forename: Maki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshihama
authors.forename: Naoya
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kenmochi
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D019295:Computational Biology; D030541:Databases, Genetic; D005091:Exons; D023281:Genomics; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D007438:Introns; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020537:RNA, Small Nucleolar / Q000235:genetics; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D020537:RNA, Small Nucleolar; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins