tRNAdb 2009: compilation of tRNA sequences and tRNA genes - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 2009 Jan;37(Database issue):D159-62.

doi: 10.1093/nar/gkn772. Epub 2008 Oct 28.

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tRNAdb 2009: compilation of tRNA sequences and tRNA genes

Frank Jühling et al. Nucleic Acids Res. 2009 Jan.

Abstract

One of the first specialized collections of nucleic acid sequences in life sciences was the 'compilation of tRNA sequences and sequences of tRNA genes' (http://www.trna.uni-bayreuth.de). Here, an updated and completely restructured version of this compilation is presented (http://trnadb.bioinf.uni-leipzig.de). The new database, tRNAdb, is hosted and maintained in cooperation between the universities of Leipzig, Marburg, and Strasbourg. Reimplemented as a relational database, tRNAdb will be updated periodically and is searchable in a highly flexible and user-friendly way. Currently, it contains more than 12 000 tRNA genes, classified into families according to amino acid specificity. Furthermore, the implementation of the NCBI taxonomy tree facilitates phylogeny-related queries. The database provides various services including graphical representations of tRNA secondary structures, a customizable output of aligned or un-aligned sequences with a variety of individual and combinable search criteria, as well as the construction of consensus sequences for any selected set of tRNAs.

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