Nucleic Acids Research Advance Access originally published online on November 27, 2007
Nucleic Acids Research 2008 36(Database issue):D141-D148; doi:10.1093/nar/gkm982
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Nucleic Acids Research, 2008, Vol. 36, Database issue D141-D148
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GRSDB2 and GRS_UTRdb: databases of quadruplex forming G-rich sequences in pre-mRNAs and mRNAs
1Bergen County Academies, Hackensack and 2Bioinformatics, School of Theoretical and Applied Science, Ramapo College of New Jersey, Mahwah, NJ, USA
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Received September 16, 2007. Accepted October 18, 2007.
G-quadruplex motifs in the RNA play significant roles in key cellular processes and human disease. While sequences capable of forming G-quadruplexes in the pre-mRNA are involved in regulation of polyadenylation and splicing events in mammalian transcripts, the G-quadruplex motifs in the UTRs may help regulate mRNA expression. GRSDB2 is a second-generation database containing information on the composition and distribution of putative Quadruplex-forming G-Rich Sequences (QGRS) mapped in 
29 000 eukaryotic pre-mRNA sequences, many of which are alternatively processed. The data stored in the GRSDB2 is based on computational analysis of NCBI Entrez Gene entries with the help of an improved version of the QGRS Mapper program. The database allows complex queries with a wide variety of parameters, including Gene Ontology terms. The data is displayed in a variety of formats with several additional computational capabilities. We have also developed a new database, GRS_UTRdb, containing information on the composition and distribution patterns of putative QGRS in the 5'- and 3'-UTRs of eukaryotic mRNA sequences. The goal of these experiments has been to build freely accessible resources for exploring the role of G-quadruplex structure in regulation of gene expression at post-transcriptional level. The databases can be accessed at the G-Quadruplex Resource Site at: http://bioinformatics.ramapo.edu/GQRS/.
The authors wish it to be known that, in their opinion, the first two authors should be regarded as joint Authors.
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