The biological community is moving toward a universal system for the naming of genes. The advantage to scientific communication in recognizing a common genetic language is to facilitate structural, functional and evolutionary comparisons of genes and genetic variation among organisms. With increasing emphasis on the molecular and biochemical nature of genes and gene products, it is important that the gene nomenclature system for rice reflect knowledge about both the phenotypic consequences of a particular allele in a given genetic background and the biochemical features of a specific gene or gene family.
The current rules for gene symbols in rice are based on recommendations from the Committee on Gene Symbolization, Nomenclature and Linkage (CGSNL) of the Rice Genetics Cooperative (Kinoshita, 1986). Most of the original gene names and symbols are descriptive of visible phenotypes that provided the earliest evidence for the existence of a gene and these names and symbols are widely used by the rice research community. As new methods for detecting and describing genes are increasingly applied to rice, nomenclature rules are needed that outline the standard procedures for describing genes based on DNA, RNA and protein sequence analysis and assays for biochemical function in addition to those previously outlined for phenotypic variants.
** This document was revised based on the discussions and recommendations from the researchers and database groups. The document was discussed as part of the Rice Annotation Project (RAP1) meeting held at Tsukuba, Japan. The formal finalizing talks will be held at the upcoming IRGS5 meeting in Manila from November 19-22, 2005. Therefore please send your comments and suggestions by writing an e.mail to Susan R. McCouch and the group. |
Gramene Gene information for DAS clients
All non-gene DAS services. Information includes by features and entry points information for Arabidopsis thaliana, Oryza sativa indica, and Oryza sativa japonica.
We have made Gramene's cereal QTL resources available as semantic web services using the Simple Semantic Web Services. The use of semantic web services allows Gramene QTLs to be integrated with comparative mapping data, genomic data, germplasm data, and other information that has been made available via the Virtual Plant Information Network (VPIN). More information on semantic web services and the protocol/architecture used is available at the VPIN project website.
Gramene registers its QTL services at the SSWAP discovery service so users/machines can find QTL data and services across the web based on the semantics of the resources offered and the task at hand. To find QTL services, go to the discovery service at above URL and search for "QTL."
The Diversity Advanced Search Tool has these major features: