title: xGDB: open-source computational infrastructure for the integrated evaluation and analysis of genome features.
abstract: The eXtensible Genome Data Broker (xGDB) provides a software infrastructure consisting of integrated tools for the storage, display, and analysis of genome features in their genomic context. Common features include gene structure annotations, spliced alignments, mapping of repetitive sequence, and microarray probes, but the software supports inclusion of any property that can be associated with a genomic location. The xGDB distribution and user support utilities are available online at the xGDB project website, http://xgdb.sourceforge.net/.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, Development, and Cell Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011-3260, USA.
authors.forename: Shannon D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Schlueter
authors.forename: Matthew D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Wilkerson
authors.forename: Qunfeng
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Volker
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Brendel
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D019295:Computational Biology / Q000379:methods*; D030541:Databases, Genetic; D016678:Genome / Q000235:genetics*; D018745:Genome, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D023281:Genomics / Q000379:methods*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D012984:Software; D003313:Zea mays / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger