NBRP databases: Databases of biological resources in Japan

Yukiko Yamazaki, Ryo Akashi, Yutaka Banno, Takashi Endo, Hiroshi Ezura, Kaoru Fukami-Kobayashi, Kazuo Inaba, Tadashi Isa, Katsuhiko Kamei, Fumie Kasai, Masatomo Kobayashi, Nori Kurata, Makoto Kusaba, Tetsuro Matuzawa, Shohei Mitani, Taro Nakamura, Yukio Nakamura, Norio Nakatsuji, Kiyoshi Naruse, Hironori NikiEiji Nitasaka, Yuichi Obata, Hitoshi Okamoto, Moriya Okuma, Kazuhiro Sato, Tadao Serikawa, Toshihiko Shiroishi, Hideaki Sugawara, Hideko Urushibara, Masatoshi Yamamoto, Yoshio Yaoita, Atsushi Yoshiki, Yuji Kohara

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Abstract

The National BioResource Project (NBRP) is a Japanese project that aims to establish a system for collecting, preserving and providing bioresources for use as experimental materials for life science research. It is promoted by 27 core resource facilities, each concerned with a particular group of organisms, and by one information center. The NBRP database is a product of this project. Thirty databases and an integrated database-retrieval system (BioResource World: BRW) have been created and made available through the NBRP home page (http://www.nbrp.jp). The 30 independent databases have individual features which directly reflect the data maintained by each resource facility. The BRW is designed for users who need to search across several resources without moving from one database to another. BRW provides access to a collection of 4.5-million records on bioresources including wild species, inbred lines, mutants, genetically engineered lines, DNA clones and so on. BRW supports summary browsing, keyword searching, and searching by DNA sequences or gene ontology. The results of searches provide links to online requests for distribution of research materials. A circulation system allows users to submit details of papers published on research conducted using NBRP resources.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbergkp996
Pages (from-to)D26-D32
JournalNucleic acids research
Volume38
Issue numberSUPPL.1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 24 2009

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Genetics

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