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Ensembl 2018

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Zerbino, Daniel R, Achuthan, Premanand, Akanni, Wasiu, Amode, M Ridwan, Barrell, Daniel, Bhai, Jyothish, Billis, Konstantinos, Cummins, Carla +49 more·2018·Nucleic Acids Research

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The Ensembl project has been aggregating, processing, integrating and redistributing genomic datasets since the initial releases of the draft human genome, with the aim of accelerating genomics research through rapid open distribution of public data. Large amounts of raw data are thus transformed into knowledge, which is made available via a multitude of channels, in particular our browser (http://www.ensembl.org). Over time, we have expanded in multiple directions. First, our resources describe multiple fields of genomics, in particular gene annotation, comparative genomics, genetics and epigenomics. Second, we cover a growing number of genome assemblies; Ensembl Release 90 contains exactly 100. Third, our databases feed simultaneously into an array of services designed around different use cases, ranging from quick browsing to genome-wide bioinformatic analysis. We present here the latest developments of the Ensembl project, with a focus on managing an increasing number of assemblies, supporting efforts in genome interpretation and improving our browser.

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Zerbino, D. R., Achuthan, P., Akanni, W., Amode, M. R., Barrell, D., Bhai, J., Billis, K., Cummins, C., Gall, A., Girón, C. G., Gil, L., Gordon, L., Haggerty, L., Haskell, E., Hourlier, T., Izuogu, O. G., Janacek, S. H., Juettemann, T., To, J. K., Laird, M. R., Lavidas, I., Liu, Z., Loveland, J. E., Maurel, T., McLaren, W., Moore, B., Mudge, J., Murphy, D. N., Newman, V., Nuhn, M., Ogeh, D., Ong, C. K., Parker, A., Patricio, M., Riat, H. S., Schuilenburg, H., Sheppard, D., Sparrow, H., Taylor, K., Thormann, A., Vullo, A., Walts, B., Zadissa, A., Frankish, A., Hunt, S. E., Kostadima, M., Langridge, N., Martin, F. J., Muffato, M., Perry, E., Ruffier, M., Staines, D. M., Trevanion, S. J., Aken, B. L., Cunningham, F., Yates, A., & Flicek, P.
Affiliations
European Bioinformatics Institute (GB)
Corresponding author
Flicek, Paul
Venue
Nucleic Acids Research
Published
2017-11-16
Volume
46
Issue
D1
Pages
D754-D761
ISSN
  • 0305-1048 (ISSN-L)
  • 1362-4962
OpenAlex
W4250359879
Cited by
2,605
References
5
Citations by year
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FWCI
178.13
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nucleic Acids Research (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Wellcome Trust (WT201535/Z/16/Z, FP7/2007–2013, WT104947, WT104947/Z/14/Z, WT201535, WT108749, 201535/Z/16/Z, WT200990/Z/16/Z, /Z/15/Z, WT108749/Z/15/Z)
  • European Bioinformatics Institute
  • European Molecular Biology Laboratory
  • European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (FP7/20072013)
  • European Commission (733161, 2007–2013, FP7 2007-2013, HORIZON2020, 115582, FP7/2007, 634143)
  • Innovative Medicines Initiative (FP7/2007‐2013, 115582)
  • National Institutes of Health (WT108749/Z/15/Z, FP7/2007-2013)
  • Directorate for Biological Sciences
  • Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BB/M020398/1, BB/M011615/1, BB/L024225/1)
  • National Human Genome Research Institute (U41HG007823, U41HG007234, U41HG007823-S1)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research
Keywords
Ensembl, genome assembly, genome annotation, comparative genomics, epigenomics, genome browser, genome interpretation
MeSH terms
Animals, Humans, Vertebrates, Genome, Human, Genome, Genomics, Databases, Genetic, Information Dissemination, Genome-Wide Association Study, Epigenomics, Molecular Sequence Annotation, High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing, Web Browser, Datasets as Topic

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