title: lncRNAdb v2.0: expanding the reference database for functional long noncoding RNAs.
abstract: Despite the prevalence of long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) genes in eukaryotic genomes, only a small proportion have been examined for biological function. lncRNAdb, available at http://lncrnadb.org, provides users with a comprehensive, manually curated reference database of 287 eukaryotic lncRNAs that have been described independently in the scientific literature. In addition to capturing a great proportion of the recent literature describing functions for individual lncRNAs, lncRNAdb now offers an improved user interface enabling greater accessibility to sequence information, expression data and the literature. The new features in lncRNAdb include the integration of Illumina Body Atlas expression profiles, nucleotide sequence information, a BLAST search tool and easy export of content via direct download or a REST API. lncRNAdb is now endorsed by RNAcentral and is in compliance with the International Nucleotide Sequence Database Collaboration.
authors.affiliation: Garvan Institute of Medical Research, 384 Victoria Street, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia St Vincent's Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
authors.forename: Xiu Cheng
authors.initials: XC
authors.lastname: Quek
authors.affiliation: Garvan Institute of Medical Research, 384 Victoria Street, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia.
authors.forename: Daniel W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Thomson
authors.affiliation: Garvan Institute of Medical Research, 384 Victoria Street, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia St Vincent's Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
authors.forename: Jesper L V
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Maag
authors.affiliation: Garvan Institute of Medical Research, 384 Victoria Street, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia.
authors.forename: Nenad
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bartonicek
authors.affiliation: Garvan Institute of Medical Research, 384 Victoria Street, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia.
authors.forename: Bethany
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Signal
authors.affiliation: Garvan Institute of Medical Research, 384 Victoria Street, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia MRC Functional Genomics Unit, Department of Physiology, Anatomy, and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PT, UK.
authors.forename: Michael B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.affiliation: Garvan Institute of Medical Research, 384 Victoria Street, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia St Vincent's Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia b.gloss@garvan.org.au.
authors.forename: Brian S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Gloss
authors.affiliation: Garvan Institute of Medical Research, 384 Victoria Street, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia St Vincent's Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia m.dinger@garvan.org.au.
authors.forename: Marcel E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Dinger
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D030561:Databases, Nucleic Acid; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D062085:RNA, Long Noncoding / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D016415:Sequence Alignment
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins; D062085:RNA, Long Noncoding