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The Year of the Rat: The Rat Genome Database at 20: a multi-species knowledgebase and analysis platform.
Nucleic acids research - 8 Jan 2020
Smith Jennifer R, Hayman G Thomas, Wang Shur-Jen, Laulederkind Stanley J F, Hoffman Matthew J, Kaldunski Mary L, Tutaj Monika, Thota Jyothi, Nalabolu Harika S, Ellanki Santoshi L R, Tutaj Marek A, De Pons Jeffrey L, Kwitek Anne E, Dwinell Melinda R, Shimoyama Mary E
Abstract excerpt
Formed in late 1999, the Rat Genome Database (RGD, https://rgd.mcw.edu) will be 20 in 2020, the Year of the Rat. Because the laboratory rat, Rattus norvegicus, has been used as a model for complex human diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, neurological disorders and arthritis, among others, for >150 years, RGD has always been disease-focused and committed to providing data and tools for...
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