TY - JOUR
AU - Howard J., Jacob
AB -  Biological databases have become ubiquitous as demonstrated by the 1,170 molecular biology databases catalogued in the 2009 Nucleic Acids Research online Molecular Biology Database Collection [1] . While researchers have come to rely on the valuable data in these resources, there often is little understanding of how the data are acquired and integrated, and what roles professional curators play in these processes. The increasing number of curators, their importance to the research world, and growing recognition of their professional contributions have resulted in two important events this year: the official creation of the International Society for Biocuration [2] and the launch of DATABASE–The Journal of Biological Databases and Curation by Oxford Journals [3] . These will provide valuable professional platforms to publish the research, data developments, and other advances created by thousands of biocurators around the world and to educate the public about this vital, developing profession. One database where such curation work takes place is the Rat Genome Database (RGD; http://rgd.mcw.edu ) [4] . Established in 1999, RGD is the premier repository of rat genomic and genetic data and currently houses over 33,421 rat genes as well as human and mouse homologs, 1,698 rat (all that have 
TI - The Rat Genome Database Curators: Who, What, Where, Why
JF - PLoS Computational Biology
DO - 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000582
DA - 2009-11-26
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/public-library-of-science-plos-journal/the-rat-genome-database-curators-who-what-where-why-9yX9MXd0mJ
VL - 5
IS - 11
DP - DeepDyve
ER -