title: PRGdb 2.0: towards a community-based database model for the analysis of R-genes in plants.
abstract: The Plant Resistance Genes database (PRGdb; http://prgdb.org) is a comprehensive resource on resistance genes (R-genes), a major class of genes in plant genomes that convey disease resistance against pathogens. Initiated in 2009, the database has grown more than 6-fold to recently include annotation derived from recent plant genome sequencing projects. Release 2.0 currently hosts useful biological information on a set of 112 known and 104 310 putative R-genes present in 233 plant species and conferring resistance to 122 different pathogens. Moreover, the website has been completely redesigned with the implementation of Semantic MediaWiki technologies, which makes our repository freely accessed and easily edited by any scientists. To this purpose, we encourage plant biologist experts to join our annotation effort and share their knowledge on resistance-gene biology with the rest of the scientific community.
authors.affiliation: Department of Soil, Plant, Environmental and Animal Production Sciences, University of Naples "Federico II", Via Università 100, 80055 Portici, Italy.
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sanseverino
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hermoso
authors.forename: Raffaella
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: D'Alessandro
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vlasova
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Andolfo
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Frusciante
authors.forename: Ernesto
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lowy
authors.forename: Guglielmo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Roma
authors.forename: Maria Raffaella
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Ercolano
mesh_terms: D030541:Databases, Genetic; D060467:Disease Resistance / Q000235:genetics*; D017343:Genes, Plant; D018745:Genome, Plant; D020407:Internet; D008957:Models, Genetic