ICG: a wiki-driven knowledgebase of internal control genes for RT-qPCR normalization.
Jian Sang, Zhennan Wang, Man Li, Jiabao Cao, Guangyi Niu, Lin Xia, Dong Zou, Fan Wang, Xingjian Xu, Xiaojiao Han, Jinqi Fan, Ye Yang, Wanzhu Zuo, Yang Zhang, Wenming Zhao, Yiming Bao, Jingfa Xiao, Songnian Hu, Lili Hao, Zhang Zhang
Author Information
- Jian Sang: BIG Data Center, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
- Zhennan Wang: University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
- Man Li: BIG Data Center, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
- Jiabao Cao: BIG Data Center, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
- Guangyi Niu: BIG Data Center, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
- Lin Xia: BIG Data Center, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
- Dong Zou: BIG Data Center, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
- Fan Wang: BIG Data Center, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
- Xingjian Xu: BIG Data Center, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
- Xiaojiao Han: Key Laboratory of Tree Genomics, The Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Hangzhou 311400, China.
- Jinqi Fan: School of Ocean, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, China.
- Ye Yang: School of Life Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China.
- Wanzhu Zuo: School of Life Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China.
- Yang Zhang: BIG Data Center, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
- Wenming Zhao: BIG Data Center, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
- Yiming Bao: BIG Data Center, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
- Jingfa Xiao: BIG Data Center, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
- Songnian Hu: CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
- Lili Hao: BIG Data Center, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
- Zhang Zhang: BIG Data Center, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
Real-time quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) has become a widely used method for accurate expression profiling of targeted mRNA and ncRNA. Selection of appropriate internal control genes for RT-qPCR normalization is an elementary prerequisite for reliable expression measurement. Here, we present ICG (http://icg.big.ac.cn), a wiki-driven knowledgebase for community curation of experimentally validated internal control genes as well as their associated experimental conditions. Unlike extant related databases that focus on qPCR primers in model organisms (mainly human and mouse), ICG features harnessing collective intelligence in community integration of internal control genes for a variety of species. Specifically, it integrates a comprehensive collection of more than 750 internal control genes for 73 animals, 115 plants, 12 fungi and 9 bacteria, and incorporates detailed information on recommended application scenarios corresponding to specific experimental conditions, which, collectively, are of great help for researchers to adopt appropriate internal control genes for their own experiments. Taken together, ICG serves as a publicly editable and open-content encyclopaedia of internal control genes and accordingly bears broad utility for reliable RT-qPCR normalization and gene expression characterization in both model and non-model organisms.
Animals
Databases, Nucleic Acid
Gene Expression Profiling
Genes, Essential
Humans
Knowledge Bases
Mice
RNA, Untranslated
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
