title: The DDBJ Japanese Genotype-phenotype Archive for genetic and phenotypic human data.
abstract: The DNA Data Bank of Japan Center (DDBJ Center; http://www.ddbj.nig.ac.jp) maintains and provides public archival, retrieval and analytical services for biological information. Since October 2013, DDBJ Center has operated the Japanese Genotype-phenotype Archive (JGA) in collaboration with our partner institute, the National Bioscience Database Center (NBDC) of the Japan Science and Technology Agency. DDBJ Center provides the JGA database system which securely stores genotype and phenotype data collected from individuals whose consent agreements authorize data release only for specific research use. NBDC has established guidelines and policies for sharing human-derived data and reviews data submission and usage requests from researchers. In addition to the JGA project, DDBJ Center develops Semantic Web technologies for data integration and sharing in collaboration with the Database Center for Life Science. This paper describes the overview of the JGA project, updates to the DDBJ databases, and services for data retrieval, analysis and integration.
authors.affiliation: DDBJ Center, National Institute of Genetics, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7691-9812
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kodama
authors.affiliation: DDBJ Center, National Institute of Genetics, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mashima
authors.affiliation: DDBJ Center, National Institute of Genetics, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan.
authors.forename: Takehide
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kosuge
authors.affiliation: National Bioscience Database Center, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Tokyo 102-8666, Japan.
authors.forename: Toshiaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Katayama
authors.affiliation: DDBJ Center, National Institute of Genetics, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan.
authors.forename: Takatomo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujisawa
authors.affiliation: DDBJ Center, National Institute of Genetics, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan.
authors.forename: Eli
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kaminuma
authors.affiliation: DDBJ Center, National Institute of Genetics, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan.
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ogasawara
authors.affiliation: DDBJ Center, National Institute of Genetics, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan.
authors.forename: Kousaku
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okubo
authors.affiliation: DDBJ Center, National Institute of Genetics, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan Database Center for Life Science, Chiba 277-0871, Japan.
authors.forename: Toshihisa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takagi
authors.affiliation: DDBJ Center, National Institute of Genetics, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan yanakamu@nig.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Yasukazu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakamura
mesh_terms: D030561:Databases, Nucleic Acid; D056726:Genetic Association Studies; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D010641:Phenotype; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA