The Rice Annotation Project Database (RAP-DB): hub for Oryza sativa ssp. japonica genome information.
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/.
Ohyanagi
Hajime
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Center for Information Biology and DNA Data Bank of Japan, National Institute of Genetics, Research Organization of Information and Systems, 1111 Yata, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan.
Tanaka
Tsuyoshi
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Sakai
Hiroaki
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Shigemoto
Yasumasa
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Yamaguchi
Kaori
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Habara
Takuya
T
Fujii
Yasuyuki
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Antonio
Baltazar A
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Nagamura
Yoshiaki
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Imanishi
Tadashi
T
Ikeo
Kazuho
K
Itoh
Takeshi
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Gojobori
Takashi
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Sasaki
Takuji
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D030561:Databases, Nucleic Acid; D018745:Genome, Plant; D023281:Genomics; D020407:Internet; D012275:Oryza / Q000235:genetics*; D014584:User-Computer Interface