title: MIPS Arabidopsis thaliana Database (MAtDB): an integrated biological knowledge resource based on the first complete plant genome.
abstract: Arabidopsis thaliana is the first plant for which the complete genome has been sequenced and published. Annotation of complex eukaryotic genomes requires more than the assignment of genetic elements to the sequence. Besides completing the list of genes, we need to discover their cellular roles, their regulation and their interactions in order to understand the workings of the whole plant. The MIPS Arabidopsis thaliana Database (MAtDB; http://mips.gsf.de/proj/thal/db) started out as a repository for genome sequence data in the European Scientists Sequencing Arabidopsis (ESSA) project and the Arabidopsis Genome Initiative. Our aim is to transform MAtDB into an integrated biological knowledge resource by integrating diverse data, tools, query and visualization capabilities and by creating a comprehensive resource for Arabidopsis as a reference model for other species, including crop plants.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Bioinformatics (MIPS), GSF National Research Center for Environment and Health, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Heiko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schoof
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zaccaria
authors.forename: Heidrun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gundlach
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lemcke
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rudd
authors.forename: Grigory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kolesov
authors.forename: Roland
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Arnold
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Mewes
authors.forename: Klaus F X
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Mayer
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D003196:Computer Graphics; D003628:Database Management Systems; D030541:Databases, Genetic; D005544:Forecasting; D018745:Genome, Plant; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D020407:Internet; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D017385:Sequence Homology
chemical_list: D010940:Plant Proteins