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MaizeGDB's new data types, resources and activities

Carolyn J Lawrence et al. Nucleic Acids Res. 2007 Jan.

Abstract

MaizeGDB is the Maize Genetics and Genomics Database. Available at MaizeGDB are diverse data that support maize research including maps, gene product information, loci and their various alleles, phenotypes (both naturally occurring and as a result of directed mutagenesis), stocks, sequences, molecular markers, references and contact information for maize researchers worldwide. Also available through MaizeGDB are various community support service bulletin boards including the Editorial Board's list of high-impact papers, information about the Annual Maize Genetics Conference and the Jobs board where employment opportunities are posted. Reported here are data updates, improvements to interfaces and changes to standard operating procedures that have been made during the past 2 years. MaizeGDB is freely available and can be accessed online at http://www.maizegdb.org.

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Important information, data centers, tools and news items are accessible from the MaizeGDB home page. Data and bulletin boards as well as links to noteworthy or high profile projects are accessible directly on the front page. All MaizeGDB pages have the same header, which is loaded with functionality enabling, e.g. searches of all data from any page (a) and access to tools including the Community Curation Tools. The ‘Maps’ Data Center (b) can limit results by contained loci, chromosome, source or mapping panel and also allows direct access to unique map types including the Recombination Nodule maps through its ‘Map Reports and Tools’ section. Likewise, the ‘Stocks’ Data Center (c) enables queries by focus linkage group, genotypic variation, karyotypic variation and other limitors. Bulletin boards that keep researchers connected with the community include the Editorial Board (d), the Maize Genetics Executive Committee pages (e), and the Annual Maize Genetics Conference, (which is referred to simply as ‘The Maize Meeting’) site (f). Dates of database updates are available directly on the front page (g), as are important major efforts of interest to all maize researchers like the Maize Genome Sequencing project.

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