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PMID: 21847242 Published · ppublish English Journal Article Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MaizeGDB becomes 'sequence-centric'.

Database : the journal of biological databases and curation ·Vol. 2009 ·2009-00-00 ·Pages bap020

Sen TZ, Andorf CM, Schaeffer ML, Harper LC, Sparks ME, Duvick J, Brendel VP, Cannon E, Campbell DA, Lawrence CJ

Abstract

MaizeGDB is the maize research community's central repository for genetic and genomic information about the crop plant and research model Zea mays ssp. mays. The MaizeGDB team endeavors to meet research needs as they evolve based on researcher feedback and guidance. Recent work has focused on better integrating existing data with sequence information as it becomes available for the B73, Mo17 and Palomero Toluqueño genomes. Major endeavors along these lines include the implementation of a genome browser to graphically represent genome sequences; implementation of POPcorn, a portal ancillary to MaizeGDB that offers access to independent maize projects and will allow BLAST similarity searches of participating projects' data sets from a single point; and a joint MaizeGDB/PlantGDB project to involve the maize community in genome annotation. In addition to summarizing recent achievements and future plans, this article also discusses specific examples of community involvement in setting priorities and design aspects of MaizeGDB, which should be of interest to other database and resource providers seeking to better engage their users. MaizeGDB is accessible online at http://www.maizegdb.org.Database URL:http://www.maizegdb.org.

MeSH Terms
Database Management Systems Databases, Genetic Genome, Plant Internet Mutation Phenotype Sequence Alignment Sequence Analysis, DNA User-Computer Interface Zea mays/genetics
Authors & Affiliations
10 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Sen Taner Z
USDA-ARS Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit, Ames, IA 50011, USA.
Andorf Carson M
Schaeffer Mary L
Harper Lisa C
Sparks Michael E
Duvick Jon
Brendel Volker P
Cannon Ethalinda
Campbell Darwin A
Lawrence Carolyn J
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Article Info
Journal
Database : the journal of biological databases and curation
Abbr.
Database (Oxford)
ISSN
1758-0463
DOI
10.1093/database/bap020
Published
2009-00-00
Epub
2009-00-07
Pages
bap020
Language
English
Region
England
NLM ID
101517697
PMCID
PMC2964019
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1093/database/bap020 PMC Full Text View journal details
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