title: PlantPIs--an interactive web resource on plant protease inhibitors.
abstract: PlantPIs is a web querying system for a database collection of plant protease inhibitors data. Protease inhibitors in plants are naturally occurring proteins that inhibit the function of endogenous and exogenous proteases. In this paper the design and development of a web framework providing a clear and very flexible way of querying plant protease inhibitors data is reported. The web resource is based on a relational database, containing data of plants protease inhibitors publicly accessible, and a graphical user interface providing all the necessary browsing tools, including a data exporting function. PlantPIs contains information extracted principally from MEROPS database, filtered, annotated and compared with data stored in other protein and gene public databases, using both automated techniques and domain expert evaluations. The data are organized to allow a flexible and easy way to access stored information. The database is accessible at http://www.plantpis.ba.itb.cnr.it/.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biomedical Technologies ITB, National Research Council CNR, Via Amendola 122/D, 70126 Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: Arianna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Consiglio
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Grillo
authors.forename: Flavio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Licciulli
authors.forename: Luigi R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Ceci
authors.forename: Sabino
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Liuni
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Losito
authors.forename: Mariateresa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Volpicella
authors.forename: Raffaele
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gallerani
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: De Leo
mesh_terms: D016208:Databases, Factual; D006295:Health Resources; D020407:Internet; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D010944:Plants / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D011480:Protease Inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D014584:User-Computer Interface
chemical_list: D010940:Plant Proteins; D011480:Protease Inhibitors