RNAcentral: a comprehensive database of non-coding RNA sequences

Abstract RNAcentral is a database of non-coding RNA (ncRNA) sequences that aggregates data from specialised ncRNA resources and provides a single entry point for accessing ncRNA sequences of all ncRNA types from all organisms. Since its launch in 2014, RNAcentral has integrated twelve new resources, taking the total number of collaborating database to 22, and began importing new types of data, such as modified nucleotides from MODOMICS and PDB. We created new species-specific identifiers that refer to unique RNA sequences within a context of single species. The website has been subject to continuous improvements focusing on text and sequence similarity searches as well as genome browsing functionality. All RNAcentral data is provided for free and is available for browsing, bulk downloads, and programmatic access at http://rnacentral.org/.

Alex Bateman | Eva Huala | Guy Cochrane | Janusz M Bujnicki | Ana Kozomara | Sam Griffiths-Jones | Benli Chai | Jacek Wower | Siddhartha Basu | Runsheng Chen | James R Cole | Marcel E Dinger | Pieter-Jan Volders | Anton I. Petrov | J Michael Cherry | Tanya Z Berardini | Peter F Stadler | Petra Fey | Artemis G Hatzigeorgiou | Adam Frankish | Paul J Kersey | Ioanna Kalvari | Pieter Mestdagh | Valerie Wood | Zhang Zhang | Lina Ma | Maria D Paraskevopoulou | Robert D Finn | Anton I Petrov | Kelly P Williams | Simon J E Kay | Elspeth A Bruford | Patricia P Chan | Todd M Lowe | Christian W Zwieb | Robin Gutell | Michael B Clark | Xiu Cheng Quek | Weimin Zhu | Stacia R Engel | Naoya Kenmochi | Britney Y. Lau | Maciej Szymanski | Maki Yoshihama | Magdalena A Machnicka | Yi Zhao | Kristian A. Gray | G. Cochrane | J. Cherry | A. Frankish | P. Stadler | R. Gutell | R. Finn | A. Bateman | T. Lowe | N. Kenmochi | C. Zwieb | A. Hatzigeorgiou | P. Kersey | Ana Kozomara | S. Griffiths-Jones | V. Wood | J. Cannone | K. Howe | Yi Zhao | Runsheng Chen | P. Fey | J. Bujnicki | E. Bruford | T. Berardini | J. Cole | M. Dinger | J. Wower | K. Williams | E. Huala | W. Karłowski | S. Basu | S. Engel | Zhang Zhang | Benli Chai | X. Quek | M. Clark | P. Mestdagh | Daniella McDonald | M. Paraskevopoulou | I. Vlachos | P. Volders | Lina Ma | M. Szymanski | M. Yoshihama | Anton I Simon J E Ioanna Kevin L Kristian A Elspeth A Pa Petrov Kay Kalvari Howe Gray Bruford Kersey | Simon Kay | Ioanna Kalvari | P. Chan | M. Machnicka | Weimin Zhu | Joern Puetz | Jamie J Cannone | Kevin L Howe | Joern Puetz | Wojciech M Karlowski | Ioannis S Vlachos | Kristian A Gray | Britney Y Lau | Daniel McDonald | J. Cole

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