title: TAIR: a resource for integrated Arabidopsis data.
abstract: The Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR; http://arabidopsis.org) provides an integrated view of genomic data for Arabidopsis thaliana. The information is obtained from a battery of sources, including the Arabidopsis user community, the literature, and the major genome centers. Currently TAIR provides information about genes, markers, polymorphisms, maps, sequences, clones, DNA and seed stocks, gene families and proteins. In addition, users can find Arabidopsis publications and information about Arabidopsis researchers. Our emphasis is now on incorporating functional annotations of genes and gene products, genome-wide expression, and biochemical pathway data. Among the tools developed at TAIR, the most notable is the Sequence Viewer, which displays gene annotation, clones, transcripts, markers and polymorphisms on the Arabidopsis genome, and allows zooming in to the nucleotide level. A tool recently released is AraCyc, which is designed for visualization of biochemical pathways. We are also developing tools to extract information from the literature in a systematic way, and building controlled vocabularies to describe biological concepts in collaboration with other database groups. A significant new feature is the integration of the ABRC database functions and stock ordering system, which allows users to place orders for seed and DNA stocks directly from the TAIR site.
authors.affiliation: TAIR, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 260 Panama Street, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. garcia@acoma.stanford.edu
authors.forename: Margarita
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authors.lastname: Garcia-Hernandez
authors.forename: Tanya Z
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authors.lastname: Berardini
authors.forename: Guanghong
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authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Debbie
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authors.lastname: Crist
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authors.lastname: Doyle
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authors.lastname: Huala
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authors.lastname: Lambrecht
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authors.lastname: Miller
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authors.lastname: Mueller
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authors.lastname: Mundodi
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authors.lastname: Reiser
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authors.lastname: Rhee
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authors.lastname: Scholl
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authors.lastname: Tacklind
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authors.lastname: Weems
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authors.lastname: Wu
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mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D019992:Databases as Topic; D030541:Databases, Genetic; D030562:Databases, Protein; D005819:Genetic Markers; D018745:Genome, Plant; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers