A Primer for the Rat Genome Database (RGD). Methods Mol Biol 2018;1757:163-209
Date
05/16/2018Pubmed ID
29761460Pubmed Central ID
PMC6487669DOI
10.1007/978-1-4939-7737-6_8Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85047123695 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 10 CitationsAbstract
The laboratory rat, Rattus norvegicus, is an important model of human health and disease, and experimental findings in the rat have relevance to human physiology and disease. The Rat Genome Database (RGD, http://rgd.mcw.edu ) is a model organism database that provides access to a wide variety of curated rat data including disease associations, phenotypes, pathways, molecular functions, biological processes and cellular components for genes, quantitative trait loci, and strains. We present an overview of the database followed by specific examples that can be used to gain experience in employing RGD to explore the wealth of functional data available for the rat.
Author List
Laulederkind SJF, Hayman GT, Wang SJ, Smith JR, Petri V, Hoffman MJ, De Pons J, Tutaj MA, Ghiasvand O, Tutaj M, Thota J, Dwinell MR, Shimoyama MAuthors
Melinda R. Dwinell PhD Professor in the Physiology department at Medical College of WisconsinG. Thomas Hayman PhD Research Scientist II in the Physiology department at Medical College of Wisconsin
Stanley J. Laulederkind Research Scientist II in the Physiology department at Medical College of Wisconsin
Monika Tutaj Research Scientist II in the Physiology department at Medical College of Wisconsin
Shur-Jen Wang Research Scientist II in the Physiology department at Medical College of Wisconsin
MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AnimalsComputational Biology
Data Mining
Databases, Genetic
Gene Ontology
Genome
Genomics
Phenotype
Quantitative Trait Loci
Rats
Search Engine
Software
User-Computer Interface
Web Browser