title: The Naked Mole Rat Genome Resource: facilitating analyses of cancer and longevity-related adaptations.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The naked mole rat (Heterocephalus glaber) is an exceptionally long-lived and cancer-resistant rodent native to East Africa. Although its genome was previously sequenced, here we report a new assembly sequenced by us with substantially higher N50 values for scaffolds and contigs.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We analyzed the annotation of this new improved assembly and identified candidate genomic adaptations which may have contributed to the evolution of the naked mole rat's extraordinary traits, including in regions of p53, and the hyaluronan receptors CD44 and HMMR (RHAMM). Furthermore, we developed a freely available web portal, the Naked Mole Rat Genome Resource (http://www.naked-mole-rat.org), featuring the data and results of our analysis, to assist researchers interested in the genome and genes of the naked mole rat, and also to facilitate further studies on this fascinating species.
authors.affiliation: Integrative Genomics of Ageing Group, Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA, Department of Biology, University of Rochester, NY, USA, Vertebrate and Health Genomics, The Genome Analysis Center, Norwich, UK, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden and Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Keane
authors.affiliation: Integrative Genomics of Ageing Group, Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA, Department of Biology, University of Rochester, NY, USA, Vertebrate and Health Genomics, The Genome Analysis Center, Norwich, UK, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden and Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Craig
authors.affiliation: Integrative Genomics of Ageing Group, Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA, Department of Biology, University of Rochester, NY, USA, Vertebrate and Health Genomics, The Genome Analysis Center, Norwich, UK, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden and Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Alföldi
authors.affiliation: Integrative Genomics of Ageing Group, Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA, Department of Biology, University of Rochester, NY, USA, Vertebrate and Health Genomics, The Genome Analysis Center, Norwich, UK, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden and Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Aaron M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Berlin
authors.affiliation: Integrative Genomics of Ageing Group, Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA, Department of Biology, University of Rochester, NY, USA, Vertebrate and Health Genomics, The Genome Analysis Center, Norwich, UK, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden and Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Jeremy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.affiliation: Integrative Genomics of Ageing Group, Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA, Department of Biology, University of Rochester, NY, USA, Vertebrate and Health Genomics, The Genome Analysis Center, Norwich, UK, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden and Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Andrei
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Seluanov
authors.affiliation: Integrative Genomics of Ageing Group, Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA, Department of Biology, University of Rochester, NY, USA, Vertebrate and Health Genomics, The Genome Analysis Center, Norwich, UK, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden and Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Vera
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gorbunova
authors.affiliation: Integrative Genomics of Ageing Group, Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA, Department of Biology, University of Rochester, NY, USA, Vertebrate and Health Genomics, The Genome Analysis Center, Norwich, UK, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden and Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA Integrative Genomics of Ageing Group, Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA, Department of Biology, University of Rochester, NY, USA, Vertebrate and Health Genomics, The Genome Analysis Center, Norwich, UK, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden and Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Federica
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Di Palma
authors.affiliation: Integrative Genomics of Ageing Group, Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA, Department of Biology, University of Rochester, NY, USA, Vertebrate and Health Genomics, The Genome Analysis Center, Norwich, UK, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden and Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA Integrative Genomics of Ageing Group, Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA, Department of Biology, University of Rochester, NY, USA, Vertebrate and Health Genomics, The Genome Analysis Center, Norwich, UK, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden and Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Kerstin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lindblad-Toh
authors.affiliation: Integrative Genomics of Ageing Group, Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA, Department of Biology, University of Rochester, NY, USA, Vertebrate and Health Genomics, The Genome Analysis Center, Norwich, UK, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden and Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: George M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Church
authors.affiliation: Integrative Genomics of Ageing Group, Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA, Department of Biology, University of Rochester, NY, USA, Vertebrate and Health Genomics, The Genome Analysis Center, Norwich, UK, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden and Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: João Pedro
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: de Magalhães
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005260:Female; D005796:Genes; D016678:Genome; D023281:Genomics; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006801:Humans; D008136:Longevity / Q000235:genetics*; D051379:Mice; D019577:Mole Rats / Q000235:genetics*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D016415:Sequence Alignment