title: RatMap--rat genome tools and data.
abstract: The rat genome database RatMap (http://ratmap.org or http://ratmap.gen.gu.se) has been one of the main resources for rat genome information since 1994. The database is maintained by CMB-Genetics at Goteborg University in Sweden and provides information on rat genes, polymorphic rat DNA-markers and rat quantitative trait loci (QTLs), all curated at RatMap. The database is under the supervision of the Rat Gene and Nomenclature Committee (RGNC); thus much attention is paid to rat gene nomenclature. RatMap presents information on rat idiograms, karyotypes and provides a unified presentation of the rat genome sequence and integrated rat linkage maps. A set of tools is also available to facilitate the identification and characterization of rat QTLs, as well as the estimation of exon/intron number and sizes in individual rat genes. Furthermore, comparative gene maps of rat in regard to mouse and human are provided.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell and Molecular Biology-Genetics, Göteborg University, Box 462, SE 40530 Göteborg, Sweden.
authors.forename: Greta
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Petersen
authors.forename: Per
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Lars
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Andersson
authors.forename: Karin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Klinga-Levan
authors.forename: Pedro M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Gómez-Fabre
authors.forename: Fredrik
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ståhl
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D022202:Chromosomes, Artificial, Bacterial; D003628:Database Management Systems; D030561:Databases, Nucleic Acid; D016678:Genome; D023281:Genomics; D040641:Quantitative Trait Loci; D051381:Rats / Q000235:genetics*; D009626:Terminology as Topic