title: An integrated database of wood-formation related genes in plants.
abstract: Wood, which consists mainly of plant cell walls, is an extremely important resource in daily lives. Genes whose products participate in the processes of cell wall and wood formation are therefore major subjects of plant science research. The Wood-Formation Related Genes database (WFRGdb, http://me.lzu.edu.cn/woodformation/) serves as a data resource center for genes involved in wood formation. To create this database, we collected plant genome data published in other online databases and predicted all cell wall and wood formation related genes using BLAST and HMMER. To date, 47 gene families and 33 transcription factors from 57 genomes (28 herbaceous, 22 woody and 7 non-vascular plants) have been covered and more than 122,000 genes have been checked and recorded. To provide easy access to these data, we have developed several search methods, which make it easy to download targeted genes or groups of genes free of charge in FASTA format. Sequence and phylogenetic analyses are also available online. WFRGdb brings together cell wall and wood formation related genes from all available plant genomes, and provides an integrative platform for gene inquiry, downloading and analysis. This database will therefore be extremely useful for those who focuses on cell wall and wood research.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Grassland and Agro-Ecosystems, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, China.
authors.forename: Ting
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Grassland and Agro-Ecosystems, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, China.
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Grassland and Agro-Ecosystems, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, China.
authors.forename: Quanjun
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Grassland and Agro-Ecosystems, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, China.
authors.forename: Jianquan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D002473:Cell Wall / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D030541:Databases, Genetic; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D018745:Genome, Plant; D010802:Phylogeny; D059828:Plant Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D010944:Plants / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014934:Wood / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D010940:Plant Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors