title: Brassica ASTRA: an integrated database for Brassica genomic research.
abstract: Brassica ASTRA is a public database for genomic information on Brassica species. The database incorporates expressed sequences with Swiss-Prot and GenBank comparative sequence annotation as well as secondary Gene Ontology (GO) annotation derived from the comparison with Arabidopsis TAIR GO annotations. Simple sequence repeat molecular markers are identified within resident sequences and mapped onto the closely related Arabidopsis genome sequence. Bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) end sequences derived from the Multinational Brassica Genome Project are also mapped onto the Arabidopsis genome sequence enabling users to identify candidate Brassica BACs corresponding to syntenic regions of Arabidopsis. This information is maintained in a MySQL database with a web interface providing the primary means of interrogation. The database is accessible at http://hornbill.cspp.latrobe.edu.au.
authors.affiliation: Plant Biotechnology Centre, Primary Industries Research Victoria, La Trobe University, Bundoora 3086, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Christopher G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Love
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.forename: Geraldine A C
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Clare J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Hopkins
authors.forename: Jacqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Batley
authors.forename: Gary
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Barker
authors.forename: German C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Spangenberg
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Edwards
mesh_terms: D001937:Brassica / Q000235:genetics*; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D030541:Databases, Genetic; D018745:Genome, Plant; D023281:Genomics; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D012106:Research; D012984:Software; D018511:Systems Integration; D014584:User-Computer Interface
chemical_list: D010940:Plant Proteins