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Lovering RC, Roncaglia P, Howe DG, Laulederkind SJF, Khodiyar VK, Berardini TZ, Tweedie S, Foulger RE, Osumi-Sutherland D, Campbell NH, Huntley RP, Talmud PJ, Blake JA, Breckenridge R, Riley PR, Lambiase PD, Elliott PM, Clapp L, Tinker A, Hill DP. Improving Interpretation of Cardiac Phenotypes and Enhancing Discovery With Expanded Knowledge in the Gene Ontology. CIRCULATION-GENOMIC AND PRECISION MEDICINE 2019; 11:e001813. [PMID: 29440116 PMCID: PMC5821137 DOI: 10.1161/circgen.117.001813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2017] [Accepted: 01/11/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Abstract
Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text. Background: A systems biology approach to cardiac physiology requires a comprehensive representation of how coordinated processes operate in the heart, as well as the ability to interpret relevant transcriptomic and proteomic experiments. The Gene Ontology (GO) Consortium provides structured, controlled vocabularies of biological terms that can be used to summarize and analyze functional knowledge for gene products. Methods and Results: In this study, we created a computational resource to facilitate genetic studies of cardiac physiology by integrating literature curation with attention to an improved and expanded ontological representation of heart processes in the Gene Ontology. As a result, the Gene Ontology now contains terms that comprehensively describe the roles of proteins in cardiac muscle cell action potential, electrical coupling, and the transmission of the electrical impulse from the sinoatrial node to the ventricles. Evaluating the effectiveness of this approach to inform data analysis demonstrated that Gene Ontology annotations, analyzed within an expanded ontological context of heart processes, can help to identify candidate genes associated with arrhythmic disease risk loci. Conclusions: We determined that a combination of curation and ontology development for heart-specific genes and processes supports the identification and downstream analysis of genes responsible for the spread of the cardiac action potential through the heart. Annotating these genes and processes in a structured format facilitates data analysis and supports effective retrieval of gene-centric information about cardiac defects.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ruth C Lovering
- From the Institute of Cardiovascular Science (R.C.L., V.K.K., R.E.F., N.H.C., R.P.H., P.J.T., P.D.L., P.M.E., L.C.) and Metabolism and Experimental Therapeutics, Division of Medicine (R.B.), University College London, United Kingdom; European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Hinxton, United Kingdom (P.R., D.O.-S.); Gene Ontology Consortium (P.R., T.Z.B., D.O.-S., J.A.B., D.P.H.); The Zebrafish Model Organism Database, University of Oregon, Eugene (D.G.H.); Rat Genome Database, Human Molecular Genetics Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (S.J.F.L.); Arabidopsis Information Resource, Phoenix Bioinformatics, Fremont, CA (T.Z.B.); FlyBase, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (S.T.); Mouse Genome Informatics, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME (J.A.B., D.P.H.); Oxbridge BHF Centre of Regenerative Medicine, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, United Kingdom (P.R.R.); and William Harvey Heart Centre, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom (A.T.).
| | - Paola Roncaglia
- From the Institute of Cardiovascular Science (R.C.L., V.K.K., R.E.F., N.H.C., R.P.H., P.J.T., P.D.L., P.M.E., L.C.) and Metabolism and Experimental Therapeutics, Division of Medicine (R.B.), University College London, United Kingdom; European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Hinxton, United Kingdom (P.R., D.O.-S.); Gene Ontology Consortium (P.R., T.Z.B., D.O.-S., J.A.B., D.P.H.); The Zebrafish Model Organism Database, University of Oregon, Eugene (D.G.H.); Rat Genome Database, Human Molecular Genetics Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (S.J.F.L.); Arabidopsis Information Resource, Phoenix Bioinformatics, Fremont, CA (T.Z.B.); FlyBase, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (S.T.); Mouse Genome Informatics, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME (J.A.B., D.P.H.); Oxbridge BHF Centre of Regenerative Medicine, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, United Kingdom (P.R.R.); and William Harvey Heart Centre, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom (A.T.)
| | - Douglas G Howe
- From the Institute of Cardiovascular Science (R.C.L., V.K.K., R.E.F., N.H.C., R.P.H., P.J.T., P.D.L., P.M.E., L.C.) and Metabolism and Experimental Therapeutics, Division of Medicine (R.B.), University College London, United Kingdom; European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Hinxton, United Kingdom (P.R., D.O.-S.); Gene Ontology Consortium (P.R., T.Z.B., D.O.-S., J.A.B., D.P.H.); The Zebrafish Model Organism Database, University of Oregon, Eugene (D.G.H.); Rat Genome Database, Human Molecular Genetics Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (S.J.F.L.); Arabidopsis Information Resource, Phoenix Bioinformatics, Fremont, CA (T.Z.B.); FlyBase, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (S.T.); Mouse Genome Informatics, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME (J.A.B., D.P.H.); Oxbridge BHF Centre of Regenerative Medicine, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, United Kingdom (P.R.R.); and William Harvey Heart Centre, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom (A.T.)
| | - Stanley J F Laulederkind
- From the Institute of Cardiovascular Science (R.C.L., V.K.K., R.E.F., N.H.C., R.P.H., P.J.T., P.D.L., P.M.E., L.C.) and Metabolism and Experimental Therapeutics, Division of Medicine (R.B.), University College London, United Kingdom; European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Hinxton, United Kingdom (P.R., D.O.-S.); Gene Ontology Consortium (P.R., T.Z.B., D.O.-S., J.A.B., D.P.H.); The Zebrafish Model Organism Database, University of Oregon, Eugene (D.G.H.); Rat Genome Database, Human Molecular Genetics Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (S.J.F.L.); Arabidopsis Information Resource, Phoenix Bioinformatics, Fremont, CA (T.Z.B.); FlyBase, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (S.T.); Mouse Genome Informatics, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME (J.A.B., D.P.H.); Oxbridge BHF Centre of Regenerative Medicine, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, United Kingdom (P.R.R.); and William Harvey Heart Centre, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom (A.T.)
| | - Varsha K Khodiyar
- From the Institute of Cardiovascular Science (R.C.L., V.K.K., R.E.F., N.H.C., R.P.H., P.J.T., P.D.L., P.M.E., L.C.) and Metabolism and Experimental Therapeutics, Division of Medicine (R.B.), University College London, United Kingdom; European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Hinxton, United Kingdom (P.R., D.O.-S.); Gene Ontology Consortium (P.R., T.Z.B., D.O.-S., J.A.B., D.P.H.); The Zebrafish Model Organism Database, University of Oregon, Eugene (D.G.H.); Rat Genome Database, Human Molecular Genetics Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (S.J.F.L.); Arabidopsis Information Resource, Phoenix Bioinformatics, Fremont, CA (T.Z.B.); FlyBase, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (S.T.); Mouse Genome Informatics, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME (J.A.B., D.P.H.); Oxbridge BHF Centre of Regenerative Medicine, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, United Kingdom (P.R.R.); and William Harvey Heart Centre, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom (A.T.)
| | - Tanya Z Berardini
- From the Institute of Cardiovascular Science (R.C.L., V.K.K., R.E.F., N.H.C., R.P.H., P.J.T., P.D.L., P.M.E., L.C.) and Metabolism and Experimental Therapeutics, Division of Medicine (R.B.), University College London, United Kingdom; European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Hinxton, United Kingdom (P.R., D.O.-S.); Gene Ontology Consortium (P.R., T.Z.B., D.O.-S., J.A.B., D.P.H.); The Zebrafish Model Organism Database, University of Oregon, Eugene (D.G.H.); Rat Genome Database, Human Molecular Genetics Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (S.J.F.L.); Arabidopsis Information Resource, Phoenix Bioinformatics, Fremont, CA (T.Z.B.); FlyBase, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (S.T.); Mouse Genome Informatics, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME (J.A.B., D.P.H.); Oxbridge BHF Centre of Regenerative Medicine, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, United Kingdom (P.R.R.); and William Harvey Heart Centre, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom (A.T.)
| | - Susan Tweedie
- From the Institute of Cardiovascular Science (R.C.L., V.K.K., R.E.F., N.H.C., R.P.H., P.J.T., P.D.L., P.M.E., L.C.) and Metabolism and Experimental Therapeutics, Division of Medicine (R.B.), University College London, United Kingdom; European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Hinxton, United Kingdom (P.R., D.O.-S.); Gene Ontology Consortium (P.R., T.Z.B., D.O.-S., J.A.B., D.P.H.); The Zebrafish Model Organism Database, University of Oregon, Eugene (D.G.H.); Rat Genome Database, Human Molecular Genetics Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (S.J.F.L.); Arabidopsis Information Resource, Phoenix Bioinformatics, Fremont, CA (T.Z.B.); FlyBase, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (S.T.); Mouse Genome Informatics, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME (J.A.B., D.P.H.); Oxbridge BHF Centre of Regenerative Medicine, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, United Kingdom (P.R.R.); and William Harvey Heart Centre, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom (A.T.)
| | - Rebecca E Foulger
- From the Institute of Cardiovascular Science (R.C.L., V.K.K., R.E.F., N.H.C., R.P.H., P.J.T., P.D.L., P.M.E., L.C.) and Metabolism and Experimental Therapeutics, Division of Medicine (R.B.), University College London, United Kingdom; European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Hinxton, United Kingdom (P.R., D.O.-S.); Gene Ontology Consortium (P.R., T.Z.B., D.O.-S., J.A.B., D.P.H.); The Zebrafish Model Organism Database, University of Oregon, Eugene (D.G.H.); Rat Genome Database, Human Molecular Genetics Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (S.J.F.L.); Arabidopsis Information Resource, Phoenix Bioinformatics, Fremont, CA (T.Z.B.); FlyBase, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (S.T.); Mouse Genome Informatics, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME (J.A.B., D.P.H.); Oxbridge BHF Centre of Regenerative Medicine, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, United Kingdom (P.R.R.); and William Harvey Heart Centre, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom (A.T.)
| | - David Osumi-Sutherland
- From the Institute of Cardiovascular Science (R.C.L., V.K.K., R.E.F., N.H.C., R.P.H., P.J.T., P.D.L., P.M.E., L.C.) and Metabolism and Experimental Therapeutics, Division of Medicine (R.B.), University College London, United Kingdom; European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Hinxton, United Kingdom (P.R., D.O.-S.); Gene Ontology Consortium (P.R., T.Z.B., D.O.-S., J.A.B., D.P.H.); The Zebrafish Model Organism Database, University of Oregon, Eugene (D.G.H.); Rat Genome Database, Human Molecular Genetics Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (S.J.F.L.); Arabidopsis Information Resource, Phoenix Bioinformatics, Fremont, CA (T.Z.B.); FlyBase, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (S.T.); Mouse Genome Informatics, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME (J.A.B., D.P.H.); Oxbridge BHF Centre of Regenerative Medicine, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, United Kingdom (P.R.R.); and William Harvey Heart Centre, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom (A.T.)
| | - Nancy H Campbell
- From the Institute of Cardiovascular Science (R.C.L., V.K.K., R.E.F., N.H.C., R.P.H., P.J.T., P.D.L., P.M.E., L.C.) and Metabolism and Experimental Therapeutics, Division of Medicine (R.B.), University College London, United Kingdom; European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Hinxton, United Kingdom (P.R., D.O.-S.); Gene Ontology Consortium (P.R., T.Z.B., D.O.-S., J.A.B., D.P.H.); The Zebrafish Model Organism Database, University of Oregon, Eugene (D.G.H.); Rat Genome Database, Human Molecular Genetics Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (S.J.F.L.); Arabidopsis Information Resource, Phoenix Bioinformatics, Fremont, CA (T.Z.B.); FlyBase, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (S.T.); Mouse Genome Informatics, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME (J.A.B., D.P.H.); Oxbridge BHF Centre of Regenerative Medicine, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, United Kingdom (P.R.R.); and William Harvey Heart Centre, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom (A.T.)
| | - Rachael P Huntley
- From the Institute of Cardiovascular Science (R.C.L., V.K.K., R.E.F., N.H.C., R.P.H., P.J.T., P.D.L., P.M.E., L.C.) and Metabolism and Experimental Therapeutics, Division of Medicine (R.B.), University College London, United Kingdom; European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Hinxton, United Kingdom (P.R., D.O.-S.); Gene Ontology Consortium (P.R., T.Z.B., D.O.-S., J.A.B., D.P.H.); The Zebrafish Model Organism Database, University of Oregon, Eugene (D.G.H.); Rat Genome Database, Human Molecular Genetics Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (S.J.F.L.); Arabidopsis Information Resource, Phoenix Bioinformatics, Fremont, CA (T.Z.B.); FlyBase, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (S.T.); Mouse Genome Informatics, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME (J.A.B., D.P.H.); Oxbridge BHF Centre of Regenerative Medicine, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, United Kingdom (P.R.R.); and William Harvey Heart Centre, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom (A.T.)
| | - Philippa J Talmud
- From the Institute of Cardiovascular Science (R.C.L., V.K.K., R.E.F., N.H.C., R.P.H., P.J.T., P.D.L., P.M.E., L.C.) and Metabolism and Experimental Therapeutics, Division of Medicine (R.B.), University College London, United Kingdom; European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Hinxton, United Kingdom (P.R., D.O.-S.); Gene Ontology Consortium (P.R., T.Z.B., D.O.-S., J.A.B., D.P.H.); The Zebrafish Model Organism Database, University of Oregon, Eugene (D.G.H.); Rat Genome Database, Human Molecular Genetics Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (S.J.F.L.); Arabidopsis Information Resource, Phoenix Bioinformatics, Fremont, CA (T.Z.B.); FlyBase, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (S.T.); Mouse Genome Informatics, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME (J.A.B., D.P.H.); Oxbridge BHF Centre of Regenerative Medicine, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, United Kingdom (P.R.R.); and William Harvey Heart Centre, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom (A.T.)
| | - Judith A Blake
- From the Institute of Cardiovascular Science (R.C.L., V.K.K., R.E.F., N.H.C., R.P.H., P.J.T., P.D.L., P.M.E., L.C.) and Metabolism and Experimental Therapeutics, Division of Medicine (R.B.), University College London, United Kingdom; European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Hinxton, United Kingdom (P.R., D.O.-S.); Gene Ontology Consortium (P.R., T.Z.B., D.O.-S., J.A.B., D.P.H.); The Zebrafish Model Organism Database, University of Oregon, Eugene (D.G.H.); Rat Genome Database, Human Molecular Genetics Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (S.J.F.L.); Arabidopsis Information Resource, Phoenix Bioinformatics, Fremont, CA (T.Z.B.); FlyBase, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (S.T.); Mouse Genome Informatics, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME (J.A.B., D.P.H.); Oxbridge BHF Centre of Regenerative Medicine, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, United Kingdom (P.R.R.); and William Harvey Heart Centre, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom (A.T.)
| | - Ross Breckenridge
- From the Institute of Cardiovascular Science (R.C.L., V.K.K., R.E.F., N.H.C., R.P.H., P.J.T., P.D.L., P.M.E., L.C.) and Metabolism and Experimental Therapeutics, Division of Medicine (R.B.), University College London, United Kingdom; European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Hinxton, United Kingdom (P.R., D.O.-S.); Gene Ontology Consortium (P.R., T.Z.B., D.O.-S., J.A.B., D.P.H.); The Zebrafish Model Organism Database, University of Oregon, Eugene (D.G.H.); Rat Genome Database, Human Molecular Genetics Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (S.J.F.L.); Arabidopsis Information Resource, Phoenix Bioinformatics, Fremont, CA (T.Z.B.); FlyBase, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (S.T.); Mouse Genome Informatics, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME (J.A.B., D.P.H.); Oxbridge BHF Centre of Regenerative Medicine, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, United Kingdom (P.R.R.); and William Harvey Heart Centre, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom (A.T.)
| | - Paul R Riley
- From the Institute of Cardiovascular Science (R.C.L., V.K.K., R.E.F., N.H.C., R.P.H., P.J.T., P.D.L., P.M.E., L.C.) and Metabolism and Experimental Therapeutics, Division of Medicine (R.B.), University College London, United Kingdom; European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Hinxton, United Kingdom (P.R., D.O.-S.); Gene Ontology Consortium (P.R., T.Z.B., D.O.-S., J.A.B., D.P.H.); The Zebrafish Model Organism Database, University of Oregon, Eugene (D.G.H.); Rat Genome Database, Human Molecular Genetics Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (S.J.F.L.); Arabidopsis Information Resource, Phoenix Bioinformatics, Fremont, CA (T.Z.B.); FlyBase, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (S.T.); Mouse Genome Informatics, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME (J.A.B., D.P.H.); Oxbridge BHF Centre of Regenerative Medicine, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, United Kingdom (P.R.R.); and William Harvey Heart Centre, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom (A.T.)
| | - Pier D Lambiase
- From the Institute of Cardiovascular Science (R.C.L., V.K.K., R.E.F., N.H.C., R.P.H., P.J.T., P.D.L., P.M.E., L.C.) and Metabolism and Experimental Therapeutics, Division of Medicine (R.B.), University College London, United Kingdom; European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Hinxton, United Kingdom (P.R., D.O.-S.); Gene Ontology Consortium (P.R., T.Z.B., D.O.-S., J.A.B., D.P.H.); The Zebrafish Model Organism Database, University of Oregon, Eugene (D.G.H.); Rat Genome Database, Human Molecular Genetics Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (S.J.F.L.); Arabidopsis Information Resource, Phoenix Bioinformatics, Fremont, CA (T.Z.B.); FlyBase, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (S.T.); Mouse Genome Informatics, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME (J.A.B., D.P.H.); Oxbridge BHF Centre of Regenerative Medicine, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, United Kingdom (P.R.R.); and William Harvey Heart Centre, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom (A.T.)
| | - Perry M Elliott
- From the Institute of Cardiovascular Science (R.C.L., V.K.K., R.E.F., N.H.C., R.P.H., P.J.T., P.D.L., P.M.E., L.C.) and Metabolism and Experimental Therapeutics, Division of Medicine (R.B.), University College London, United Kingdom; European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Hinxton, United Kingdom (P.R., D.O.-S.); Gene Ontology Consortium (P.R., T.Z.B., D.O.-S., J.A.B., D.P.H.); The Zebrafish Model Organism Database, University of Oregon, Eugene (D.G.H.); Rat Genome Database, Human Molecular Genetics Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (S.J.F.L.); Arabidopsis Information Resource, Phoenix Bioinformatics, Fremont, CA (T.Z.B.); FlyBase, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (S.T.); Mouse Genome Informatics, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME (J.A.B., D.P.H.); Oxbridge BHF Centre of Regenerative Medicine, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, United Kingdom (P.R.R.); and William Harvey Heart Centre, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom (A.T.)
| | - Lucie Clapp
- From the Institute of Cardiovascular Science (R.C.L., V.K.K., R.E.F., N.H.C., R.P.H., P.J.T., P.D.L., P.M.E., L.C.) and Metabolism and Experimental Therapeutics, Division of Medicine (R.B.), University College London, United Kingdom; European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Hinxton, United Kingdom (P.R., D.O.-S.); Gene Ontology Consortium (P.R., T.Z.B., D.O.-S., J.A.B., D.P.H.); The Zebrafish Model Organism Database, University of Oregon, Eugene (D.G.H.); Rat Genome Database, Human Molecular Genetics Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (S.J.F.L.); Arabidopsis Information Resource, Phoenix Bioinformatics, Fremont, CA (T.Z.B.); FlyBase, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (S.T.); Mouse Genome Informatics, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME (J.A.B., D.P.H.); Oxbridge BHF Centre of Regenerative Medicine, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, United Kingdom (P.R.R.); and William Harvey Heart Centre, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom (A.T.)
| | - Andrew Tinker
- From the Institute of Cardiovascular Science (R.C.L., V.K.K., R.E.F., N.H.C., R.P.H., P.J.T., P.D.L., P.M.E., L.C.) and Metabolism and Experimental Therapeutics, Division of Medicine (R.B.), University College London, United Kingdom; European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Hinxton, United Kingdom (P.R., D.O.-S.); Gene Ontology Consortium (P.R., T.Z.B., D.O.-S., J.A.B., D.P.H.); The Zebrafish Model Organism Database, University of Oregon, Eugene (D.G.H.); Rat Genome Database, Human Molecular Genetics Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (S.J.F.L.); Arabidopsis Information Resource, Phoenix Bioinformatics, Fremont, CA (T.Z.B.); FlyBase, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (S.T.); Mouse Genome Informatics, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME (J.A.B., D.P.H.); Oxbridge BHF Centre of Regenerative Medicine, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, United Kingdom (P.R.R.); and William Harvey Heart Centre, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom (A.T.)
| | - David P Hill
- From the Institute of Cardiovascular Science (R.C.L., V.K.K., R.E.F., N.H.C., R.P.H., P.J.T., P.D.L., P.M.E., L.C.) and Metabolism and Experimental Therapeutics, Division of Medicine (R.B.), University College London, United Kingdom; European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Hinxton, United Kingdom (P.R., D.O.-S.); Gene Ontology Consortium (P.R., T.Z.B., D.O.-S., J.A.B., D.P.H.); The Zebrafish Model Organism Database, University of Oregon, Eugene (D.G.H.); Rat Genome Database, Human Molecular Genetics Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (S.J.F.L.); Arabidopsis Information Resource, Phoenix Bioinformatics, Fremont, CA (T.Z.B.); FlyBase, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (S.T.); Mouse Genome Informatics, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME (J.A.B., D.P.H.); Oxbridge BHF Centre of Regenerative Medicine, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, United Kingdom (P.R.R.); and William Harvey Heart Centre, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom (A.T.)
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Harper L, Campbell J, Cannon EKS, Jung S, Poelchau M, Walls R, Andorf C, Arnaud E, Berardini TZ, Birkett C, Cannon S, Carson J, Condon B, Cooper L, Dunn N, Elsik CG, Farmer A, Ficklin SP, Grant D, Grau E, Herndon N, Hu ZL, Humann J, Jaiswal P, Jonquet C, Laporte MA, Larmande P, Lazo G, McCarthy F, Menda N, Mungall CJ, Munoz-Torres MC, Naithani S, Nelson R, Nesdill D, Park C, Reecy J, Reiser L, Sanderson LA, Sen TZ, Staton M, Subramaniam S, Tello-Ruiz MK, Unda V, Unni D, Wang L, Ware D, Wegrzyn J, Williams J, Woodhouse M, Yu J, Main D. AgBioData consortium recommendations for sustainable genomics and genetics databases for agriculture. Database (Oxford) 2018; 2018:5096675. [PMID: 30239679 PMCID: PMC6146126 DOI: 10.1093/database/bay088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2018] [Revised: 07/19/2018] [Accepted: 07/30/2018] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
Abstract
The future of agricultural research depends on data. The sheer volume of agricultural biological data being produced today makes excellent data management essential. Governmental agencies, publishers and science funders require data management plans for publicly funded research. Furthermore, the value of data increases exponentially when they are properly stored, described, integrated and shared, so that they can be easily utilized in future analyses. AgBioData (https://www.agbiodata.org) is a consortium of people working at agricultural biological databases, data archives and knowledgbases who strive to identify common issues in database development, curation and management, with the goal of creating database products that are more Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable. We strive to promote authentic, detailed, accurate and explicit communication between all parties involved in scientific data. As a step toward this goal, we present the current state of biocuration, ontologies, metadata and persistence, database platforms, programmatic (machine) access to data, communication and sustainability with regard to data curation. Each section describes challenges and opportunities for these topics, along with recommendations and best practices.
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Affiliation(s)
- Lisa Harper
- Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Ames, IA, USA
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- Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Ames, IA, USA
- Computer Science, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
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- Horticulture, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
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- National Agricultural Library, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD, USA
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- Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Ames, IA, USA
- Computer Science, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
| | - Elizabeth Arnaud
- Bioversity International, Informatics Unit, Conservation and Availability Programme, Parc Scientifique Agropolis II, Montpellier, France
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- The Arabidopsis Information Resource, Phoenix Bioinformatics, Fremont, CA, USA
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- Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Ames, IA, USA
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- Texas Advanced Computing Center, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
| | - Bradford Condon
- Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of Tennessee Knoxville, Knoxville, TN, USA
| | - Laurel Cooper
- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
| | - Nathan Dunn
- Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
| | - Christine G Elsik
- Division of Animal Sciences and Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA
| | - Andrew Farmer
- National Center for Genome Resources, Santa Fe, NM, USA
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- Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Ames, IA, USA
| | - Emily Grau
- National Center for Genome Resources, Santa Fe, NM, USA
| | - Nic Herndon
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
| | - Zhi-Liang Hu
- Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, USA
| | - Jodi Humann
- Horticulture, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
| | - Pankaj Jaiswal
- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
| | - Clement Jonquet
- Laboratory of Informatics, Robotics, Microelectronics of Montpellier, University of Montpellier & CNRS, Montpellier, France
| | - Marie-Angélique Laporte
- Bioversity International, Informatics Unit, Conservation and Availability Programme, Parc Scientifique Agropolis II, Montpellier, France
| | | | - Gerard Lazo
- Crop Improvement and Genetics Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Albany, CA, USA
| | - Fiona McCarthy
- School of Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
| | | | | | | | - Sushma Naithani
- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
| | - Rex Nelson
- Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Ames, IA, USA
| | - Daureen Nesdill
- Marriott Library, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
| | - Carissa Park
- Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, USA
| | - James Reecy
- Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, USA
| | - Leonore Reiser
- The Arabidopsis Information Resource, Phoenix Bioinformatics, Fremont, CA, USA
| | | | - Taner Z Sen
- Crop Improvement and Genetics Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Albany, CA, USA
| | - Margaret Staton
- Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of Tennessee Knoxville, Knoxville, TN, USA
| | | | | | - Victor Unda
- Horticulture, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
| | - Deepak Unni
- Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
| | - Liya Wang
- Plant Genomics, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA
| | - Doreen Ware
- USDA, Plant, Soil and Nutrition Research, Ithaca, NY, USA
- Plant Genomics, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA
| | - Jill Wegrzyn
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
| | - Jason Williams
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, DNA Learning Center, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA
| | - Margaret Woodhouse
- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
| | - Jing Yu
- Horticulture, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
| | - Doreen Main
- Horticulture, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
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