Submitted by pankaj on
The Gramene database team is happy to announce the 34th major release of the database and the website. http://news.gramene.org/?p=760. The Jaiswal lab is a co-investigator on the Gramene project and several lab members contributed to this effort. Salient features of this release include:
  • Updates on Ensembl genome browser for six genomes
  • Addition of Ensembl genome browser for legume Glycine max (soybean), a lycopod Selaginella moellendorffii which is basal to the vascular plants and a green algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. We now serve 22 plant genomes.
  • Ontologies database has been updated to the latest releases of gene ontology (GO), plant ontology (PO), and trait ontology (TO) and includes many new associations to the genomes and genes of the new plant species hosted in the genome browser.
  • Pathways section now has official release versions of MaizeCyc and BrachyCyc, and removal of non-plant pathways from the RiceCyc, SorghumCyc and BrachyCyc.