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We published "Human Gene Book"

Biomedicinal Information Research Center (BIRC), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) aims to promote researches about the structures of human genes and proteins, for their future application to the new drug discovery. We constructed the integrated database for human genes and proteins based on the wide variety of our research progress and knowledge as H-InvDB. We first released H-InvDB in 2004, and the latest release now in 2012 is H-InvDB_8.0.

URL of H-InvDB: http://hinv.jp/

For the memorial of the 7th Anniversary of H-InvDB, we published a large book, "Human Gene Book" for the exhibition. About H-InvDB anniversary: click here

This book is the encyclopedia of human genes.

The human gene has been considered as there are more than 30,000, but the many of these functions has not been elucidated yet. In this book, for approximately 20,000 human genes which have been studied in detail, we summarized the human gene information such as the gene structure and function and expression.

"Human Gene Book" consists of two volumes (I, II), 1400 pages, at A3 size and weighted 10.6kg totals.

By watching the size and thickness of this book, we hope that you can feel how the life requires many parts and they consist of elaborate mechanisms. If you prefer to use human gene and protein information from a professional point of view, please visit the online database (free). Address is http://hinv.jp/

"Human Gene Book" provides access to information of human genes.

<< gene information >>
* location on the genome
* exon, intron

<< gene annotation>>
* gene ID
* gene name
* nucleotide sequence length of DNA
* coding sequence region for translation
* amino acid length
* protein 3D structures (PDB)
* Enzyme Commission numbers (EC)

<< QR code >>
Read on mobile devices, you can access the database itself.

e.g. QR code of H-InvDB

Here you can refer some samples of the contents of the "Human Gene Book".

Please refer to PDF files below. (To view PDF files, Adobe Reader is required)

Index of Human Gene Book (Japanese)
Featured pages for BIRC research topics at BIRC, AIST (Japanese)
Sample page of Human Gene Book (from chromosome 1)

e.g. Human Gene Book appendix page

We have exhibited "Human Gene Book" at the first floor Biomedicinal Information Research Center (BIRC), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

Exhibition at BIRC, AIST

Contact Information

Integrated Database and Systems Biology Team,
Biomedicinal Information Research Center (BIRC),
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
HP: http://www.h-invitational.jp/idb/index_e.html

Address:
Waterfront Bio-IT Research Building, 2-4-7 Aomi,
Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0064, Japan.
Map of BIRC, AIST

Acknowledgement

We acknowledge the warm supports of many people below for publishing "Human Gene Book".

Ms. Chisato Yamasaki and Mr. Jun-ichi Takeda, the technical staffs of Integrated Database and Systems Biology Team, Biomedicinal Information Research Center (BIRC), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), took the central role of the "Human Gene Book" publishing group and edited the most of the contents of the book.

Dr. Tetsuro Hirose, Dr. Kaoru Mitsuoka and Dr. Naoki Goshima, research team leaders of BIRC, and Dr. Makoto Shimada, a former researcher of BIRC, had edited their detailed explanation of their recent research progress about the genes.

Dr. Fukunishi, the senior research fellow of BIRC, and Dr. Nobuo Nomura, the acting director of AIST Tokyo waterfront center, gave us many valuable advices for the planning of the book. Also, Dr. Hitoshi Uehara, the director of AIST Tokyo waterfront center, gave warm understanding and support for our outstanding publication project.

In addition, although it is difficult to mention all the names, more than 150 collaborators contributed in several ways to construct H-InvDB, which is the major basis of this book.

Wishing to publish the second edition in near future...

On behalf of "Human Gene Book" publishing group,

Tadashi Imanishi