NonCode aReNA DB: a non-redundant and integrated collection of non-coding RNAs

The recent availability of next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies, has provided the scientific community with an unprecedented opportunity for large-scale analysis of genome in a large number of organisms. One of the most challenging task for bioinformaticians is to develop tools that provide biologists with an easy access to curated and non-redundant collections of sequence data. Non-coding RNAs, for a long time believed to be not-functional, are emerging as the most large and important family of gene regulators. NonCode aReNA DataBase is a comprehensive and non-redundant source of manually curated and automatically annotated ncRNA transcripts collected from major public resources.