Open AccessmiRBase: microRNA sequences, targets and gene nomenclature
Author(s) -
Sam Griffiths-Jones,
Russell Grocock,
Stijn van Dongen,
Alex Bateman,
Anton J. Enright
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
nucleic acids research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 9.008
H-Index - 537
eISSN - 1362-4954
pISSN - 0305-1048
DOI - 10.1093/nar/gkj112
Subject(s) - mirbase , biology , microrna , annotation , computational biology , gene nomenclature , genetics , gene , sequence database , nomenclature , taxonomy (biology) , botany
The miRBase database aims to provide integrated interfaces to comprehensive microRNA sequence data, annotation and predicted gene targets. miRBase takes over functionality from the microRNA Registry and fulfils three main roles: the miRBase Registry acts as an independent arbiter of microRNA gene nomenclature, assigning names prior to publication of novel miRNA sequences. miRBase Sequences is the primary online repository for miRNA sequence data and annotation. miRBase Targets is a comprehensive new database of predicted miRNA target genes. miRBase is available at http://microrna.sanger.ac.uk/.