Introduction

The R-loop, a three-stranded nucleic acid structure composed of an RNA:DNA hybrid and a displaced single-stranded DNA, plays versatile roles in many physiological and pathological processes. However, its controversial genomic localization and incomplete understanding of its regulatory network raise great challenges for R-loop research. Here, we present R-loopBase to tackle these pressing issues by systematic integration of a huge amount of genomics and literature data. A reference set of human R-loop zones is computed with confidence scores and detailed annotations (Search, Help and Download), all of which can be visualized in well-annotated genomic context in a local genome browser (Browser). A list of 1,185 R-loop regulators is manually curated from PubMed literatures and annotated with most up-to-date multi-omics data (Regulator). We have also manually curated 24 R-loop regulators in mouse, 63 in yeast (saccharomyces cerevisiae) and 21 in Escherichia coli to facilicate R-loop research in these model organisms (Regulator). We further deduce the functional relationship between individual R-loops and their putative regulators (Regulator and Download). In total, we have generated billions of entries of functional annotations, which can be easily accessed in our user-friendly interfaces (Help). The regulator summary and genomic annotation of R-loop regions will be constantly updated along the research progress of field. You are welcome to contribute to updating R-loop regulators and related literatures (Regulator Updating System on Regulator page). Any suggestions and feedbacks from you are also welcome (Contact).

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News
  • 2023.10.01 Online of DeepER, an R-loop prediction tool.
  • 2022.02.19 A new preprint by R-loopBase team.
  • 2021.11.18 Published on Nucleic Acids Res.
  • 2021.06.20 Official release of R-loopBase v1.0.
  • 2021.06.15 Internal evaluation before public release.
  • 2021.05.10 Build-up of R-loopBase genome browser.
  • 2021.03.31 Data freeze for R-loopBase v1.0.
  • 2021.01.18 Launching R-loopBase project.
  • 2020.10.10 Systematic evalation of all R-loop mapping technologies.
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