Kodama Yuichi, Mashima Jun, Kosuge Takehide, Katayama Toshiaki, Fujisawa Takatomo, Kaminuma Eli, Ogasawara Osamu, Okubo Kousaku, Takagi Toshihisa, Nakamura Yasukazu
DDBJ Center, National Institute of Genetics, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan.
National Bioscience Database Center, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Tokyo 102-8666, Japan.
Nucleic Acids Res. 2015 Jan;43(Database issue):D18-22. doi: 10.1093/nar/gku1120. Epub 2014 Dec 3.
The DNA Data Bank of Japan Center (DDBJ Center; http://www.ddbj.nig.ac.jp) maintains and provides public archival, retrieval and analytical services for biological information. Since October 2013, DDBJ Center has operated the Japanese Genotype-phenotype Archive (JGA) in collaboration with our partner institute, the National Bioscience Database Center (NBDC) of the Japan Science and Technology Agency. DDBJ Center provides the JGA database system which securely stores genotype and phenotype data collected from individuals whose consent agreements authorize data release only for specific research use. NBDC has established guidelines and policies for sharing human-derived data and reviews data submission and usage requests from researchers. In addition to the JGA project, DDBJ Center develops Semantic Web technologies for data integration and sharing in collaboration with the Database Center for Life Science. This paper describes the overview of the JGA project, updates to the DDBJ databases, and services for data retrieval, analysis and integration.
