title: The European ribosomal RNA database.
abstract: The European ribosomal RNA database aims to compile all complete or nearly complete ribosomal RNA sequences from both the small (SSU) and large (LSU) ribosomal subunits. All sequences are available in aligned format. Sequence alignment is based on the secondary structure of the molecules, as determined by comparative sequence analysis. Additional information about the sequences, such as taxonomic classification of the organism from which they have been obtained, and literature references are also provided. In order to identify the closest relatives to newly determined sequences, BLAST searches can be performed, after which the best matching sequences are aligned and a phylogenetic tree is inferred. As of 2003, the European ribosomal RNA database is maintained at Ghent University (Belgium). The database can be consulted at http://www.psb.ugent.be/rRNA/.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Systems Biology, Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), Ghent University, Technologiepark 927, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wuyts
authors.forename: Guy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Perrière
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Van De Peer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D019295:Computational Biology; D030561:Databases, Nucleic Acid; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D020407:Internet; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D012335:RNA, Ribosomal