Gramene 2016: Comparative plant genomics and pathway resources

Marcela K. Tello-Ruiz, Joshua Stein, Sharon Wei, Justin Preece, Andrew Olson, Sushma Naithani, Vindhya Amarasinghe, Palitha Dharmawardhana, Yinping Jiao, Joseph Mulvaney, Sunita Kumari, Kapeel Chougule, Justin Elser, Bo Wang, James Thomason, Daniel M. Bolser, Arnaud Kerhornou, Brandon Walts, Nuno A. Fonseca, Laura HuertaMaria Keays, Y. Amy Tang, Helen Parkinson, Antonio Fabregat, Sheldon McKay, Joel Weiser, Peter D'Eustachio, Lincoln Stein, Robert Petryszak, Paul J. Kersey, Pankaj Jaiswal, Doreen Ware

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Abstract

Gramene (http://www.gramene.org) is an online resource for comparative functional genomics in crops and model plant species. Its two main frameworks are genomes (collaboration with Ensembl Plants) and pathways (The Plant Reactome and archival BioCyc databases). Since our last NAR update, the database website adopted a new Drupal management platform. The genomes section features 39 fully assembled reference genomes that are integrated using ontologybased annotation and comparative analyses, and accessed through both visual and programmatic interfaces. Additional community data, such as genetic variation, expression and methylation, are also mapped for a subset of genomes. The Plant Reactome pathway portal (http://plantreactome.gramene. org) provides a reference resource for analyzing plant metabolic and regulatory pathways. In addition to ∼200 curated rice reference pathways, the portal hosts gene homology-based pathway projections for 33 plant species. Both the genome and pathway browsers interface with the EMBL-EBI's Expression Atlas to enable the projection of baseline and differential expression data from curated expression studies in plants. Gramene's archive website (http://archive.gramene.org) continues to provide previously reported resources on comparative maps, markers and QTL. To further aid our users, we have also introduced a live monthly educational webinar series and a Gramene YouTube channel carrying video tutorials.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)D1133-D1140
JournalNucleic Acids Research
Volume44
Issue numberD1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016

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