title: MAGIC: access portal to a cross-platform gene expression compendium for maize.
abstract: To facilitate the exploration of publicly available Zea mays expression data, we constructed a maize expression compendium, making use of an integration methodology and a consistent probe to gene mapping based on the 5b.60 sequence release of Z. mays. The compendium is made available through a web portal MAGIC that hosts a variety of analysis tools to easily browse and analyze the data. Our compendium is different from previous initiatives in combining expression values across different experiments by providing a consistent gene annotation across different platforms.
authors.affiliation: Center of Microbial and Plant Genetics, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 20, B-3001, Leuven, Department of Information Technology, Ghent University - iMinds, 9050 Gent, Belgium, Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Technologiepark 927, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium, Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Technologiepark 927, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium and Fondazione Edmund Mach, Research and Innovation Centre, Via E. Mach, 1, 38010 San Michele all'Adige, Trento, Italy.
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Ana Carolina
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Fierro
authors.forename: Pieter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Meysman
authors.forename: Aminael
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sanchez-Rodriguez
authors.forename: Klaas
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Vandepoele
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Marchal
authors.forename: Kristof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Engelen
mesh_terms: D015870:Gene Expression; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D020407:Internet; D058977:Molecular Sequence Annotation; D012984:Software; D003313:Zea mays / Q000235:genetics*