Nucleic Acids Research, 2007, Vol. 35, Database issue D834-D840
© 2006 The Author(s)
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MIPSPlantsDBplant database resource for integrative and comparative plant genome research
MIPS, Institute for Bioinformatics, GSF Research Center for Environment and Health, Ingolstädter Landstr. 1 85764 Neuherberg Germany
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Received August 15, 2006. Revised October 18, 2006. Accepted October 20, 2006.
Genome-oriented plant research delivers rapidly increasing amount of plant genome data. Comprehensive and structured information resources are required to structure and communicate genome and associated analytical data for model organisms as well as for crops. The increase in available plant genomic data enables powerful comparative analysis and integrative approaches. PlantsDB aims to provide data and information resources for individual plant species and in addition to build a platform for integrative and comparative plant genome research. PlantsDB is constituted from genome databases for Arabidopsis, Medicago, Lotus, rice, maize and tomato. Complementary data resources for cis elements, repetive elements and extensive cross-species comparisons are implemented. The PlantsDB portal can be reached at http://mips.gsf.de/projects/plants.
Present addresses: Dirk Haase, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Carl-von-Linne Weg 10, 50829 Köln, Germany
Heiko Schoof, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Carl-von-Linne Weg 10, 50829 Köln, Germany