Title |
Rat Strain Ontology: structured controlled vocabulary designed to facilitate access to strain data at RGD
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Published in |
Journal of Biomedical Semantics, November 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/2041-1480-4-36 |
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Authors |
Rajni Nigam, Diane H Munzenmaier, Elizabeth A Worthey, Melinda R Dwinell, Mary Shimoyama, Howard J Jacob |
Abstract |
The Rat Genome Database (RGD) ( http://rgd.mcw.edu/) is the premier site for comprehensive data on the different strains of the laboratory rat (Rattus norvegicus). The strain data are collected from various publications, direct submissions from individual researchers, and rat providers worldwide. Rat strain, substrain designation and nomenclature follow the Guidelines for Nomenclature of Mouse and Rat Strains, instituted by the International Committee on Standardized Genetic Nomenclature for Mice. While symbols and names aid in identifying strains correctly, the flat nature of this information prohibits easy search and retrieval, as well as other data mining functions. In order to improve these functionalities, particularly in ontology-based tools, the Rat Strain Ontology (RS) was developed. |
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