2021/03/05 by Ruth Barshir, Simon Fishilevich, Tsippi Iny-Stein +6 · 4 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research #RNA modifications and cancer #Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
paper · doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2021.166913
Non-coding RNA (ncRNA) genes assume increasing biological importance, with growing associations with diseases. Many ncRNA sources are transcript-centric, but for non-coding variant analysis and disease decipherment it is essential to transform this information into a comprehensive set of genome-mapped ncRNA genes. We present GeneCaRNA, a new all-inclusive gene-centric ncRNA database within the GeneCards Suite. GeneCaRNA information is integrated from four community-backed data structures: the major transcript database RNAcentral with its 20 encompassed databases, and the ncRNA entries of three major gene resources HGNC, Ensembl and NCBI Gene. GeneCaRNA presents 219,587 ncRNA gene pages, a 7-fold increase from those available in our three gene mining sources. Each ncRNA gene has wide-ranging annotation, mined from >100 worldwide sources, providing a powerful GeneCards-leveraged search. The latter empowers VarElect, our disease-gene interpretation tool, allowing one to systematically decipher ncRNA variants. The combined power of GeneCaRNA with GeneHancer, our regulatory elements database, facilitates wide-ranging scrutiny of the non-coding terra incognita of gene networks and whole genome analyses.