Arabidopsis Hormone Database: a comprehensive genetic and phenotypic information database for plant hormone research in Arabidopsis.
Plant hormones are small organic molecules that influence almost every aspect of plant growth and development. Genetic and molecular studies have revealed a large number of genes that are involved in responses to numerous plant hormones, including auxin, gibberellin, cytokinin, abscisic acid, ethylene, jasmonic acid, salicylic acid, and brassinosteroid. Here, we develop an Arabidopsis hormone database, which aims to provide a systematic and comprehensive view of genes participating in plant hormonal regulation, as well as morphological phenotypes controlled by plant hormones. Based on data from mutant studies, transgenic analysis and gene ontology (GO) annotation, we have identified a total of 1026 genes in the Arabidopsis genome that participate in plant hormone functions. Meanwhile, a phenotype ontology is developed to precisely describe myriad hormone-regulated morphological processes with standardized vocabularies. A web interface (http://ahd.cbi.pku.edu.cn) would allow users to quickly get access to information about these hormone-related genes, including sequences, functional category, mutant information, phenotypic description, microarray data and linked publications. Several applications of this database in studying plant hormonal regulation and hormone cross-talk will be presented and discussed.
Peng
Zhi-yu
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National Laboratory of Protein Engineering and Plant Genetic Engineering, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
Zhou
Xin
X
Li
Linchuan
L
Yu
Xiangchun
X
Li
Hongjiang
H
Jiang
Zhiqiang
Z
Cao
Guangyu
G
Bai
Mingyi
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Wang
Xingchun
X
Jiang
Caifu
C
Lu
Haibin
H
Hou
Xianhui
X
Qu
Lijia
L
Wang
Zhiyong
Z
Zuo
Jianru
J
Fu
Xiangdong
X
Su
Zhen
Z
Li
Songgang
S
Guo
Hongwei
H
D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000235:genetics*; D030541:Databases, Genetic; D017343:Genes, Plant; D006728:Hormones / Q000502:physiology; D009154:Mutation; D010641:Phenotype; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators / Q000502:physiology*; D012106:Research; D014584:User-Computer Interface
D006728:Hormones; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators