The TIGR Rice Genome Annotation Resource: improvements and new features

In The Institute for Genomic Research Rice Genome Annotation project (http://rice.tigr.org), we have continued to update the rice genome sequence with new data and improve the quality of the annotation. In our current release of annotation (Release 4.0; January 12, 2006), we have identified 42 653 nontransposable element-related genes encoding 49 472 gene models as a result of the detection of alternative splicing. We have refined our identification methods for transposable element-related genes resulting in 13 237 genes that are related to transposable elements. Through incorporation of multiple transcript and proteomic expression data sets, we have been able to annotate 24 799 genes (31 739 gene models), representing 50% of the total gene models, as expressed in the rice genome. All structural and functional annotation is viewable through our Rice Genome Browser which currently supports 59 tracks. Enhanced data access is available through web interfaces, FTP downloads and a Data Ex...

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2007
• Where: NAR
• Authors: Shu Ouyang, Wei Zhu, John A. Hamilton Jr., Haining Lin, Matthew Campbell, Kevin L. Childs, Françoise Thibaud-Nissen, Renae L. Malek, Yuandan Lee, Li Zheng, Joshua Orvis, Brian Haas, Jennifer R. Wortman, C. Robin Buell
• Keywords: Gene Models, NAR 2007, Rice Genome, Rice Genome Annotation