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piRNAQuest: searching the piRNAome for silencers

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Genomics, July 2014
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Title
piRNAQuest: searching the piRNAome for silencers
Published in
BMC Genomics, July 2014
DOI 10.1186/1471-2164-15-555
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Arijita Sarkar, Ranjan Kumar Maji, Sudipto Saha, Zhumur Ghosh

Abstract

PIWI-interacting RNA (piRNA) is a novel and emerging class of small non-coding RNA (sncRNA). Ranging in length from 26-32 nucleotides, this sncRNA is a potent player in guiding the vital regulatory processes within a cellular system. Inspite of having such a wide role within cellular systems, piRNAs are not well organized and classified, so that a researcher can pool out the biologically relevant information concerning this class.Description: Here we present piRNAQuest- a unified and comprehensive database of 41749 human, 890078 mouse and 66758 rat piRNAsobtained from NCBI and different small RNA sequence experiments. This database provides piRNA annotation based on their localization in gene, intron, intergenic, CDS, 5/UTR, 3/UTR and repetitive regions which has not been done so far. We have also annotated piRNA clusters and have elucidated characteristic motifs within them. We have looked for the presence of piRNAs and piRNA clusters in pseudogenes, which are known to regulate the expression of protein coding transcripts by generating small RNAs. All these will help researchers progress towards solving the unanswered queries on piRNA biogenesis and their mode of action. Further, expression profile for piRNA in different tissues and from different developmental stages has been provided. In addition, we have provided several tools like 'homology search', 'dynamic cluster search' and 'pattern search'. Overall, piRNAQuest will serve as a useful resource for exploring human, mouse and rat piRNAome. The database is freely accessible and available at http://bicresources.jcbose.ac.in/zhumur/pirnaquest/.

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Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 2%
Mexico 1 2%
Unknown 53 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 14 25%
Researcher 9 16%
Student > Bachelor 8 15%
Student > Doctoral Student 6 11%
Student > Master 5 9%
Other 5 9%
Unknown 8 15%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 19 35%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 18 33%
Engineering 4 7%
Medicine and Dentistry 2 4%
Computer Science 2 4%
Other 3 5%
Unknown 7 13%
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