Araport: The Arabidopsis Information Portal
Journal
Nucleic Acids Research
Journal Volume
43
Journal Issue
D1
Pages
D1003-D1009
Date Issued
2015
Author(s)
Krishnakumar V.
Hanlon M.R.
Contrino S.
Ferlanti E.S.
Karamycheva S.
Kim M.
Rosen B.D.
Moreira W.
Mock S.A.
Stubbs J.
Sullivan J.M.
Krampis K.
Miller J.R.
Micklem G.
Vaughn M.
Town C.D.
Abstract
The Arabidopsis Information Portal (https://www. araport.org) is a new online resource for plant biology research. It houses the Arabidopsis thaliana genome sequence and associated annotation. It was conceived as a framework that allows the research community to develop and release 'modules' that integrate, analyze and visualize Arabidopsis data that may reside at remote sites. The current implementation provides an indexed database of core genomic information. These data are made available through feature-rich web applications that provide search, data mining, and genome browser functionality, and also by bulk download and web services. Araport uses software from the InterMine and JBrowse projects to expose curated data from TAIR, GO, BAR, EBI, UniProt, PubMed and EPIC CoGe. The site also hosts 'science apps,' developed as prototypes for community modules that use dynamic web pages to present data obtained on-demand from third-party servers via RESTful web services. Designed for sustainability, the Arabidopsis Information Portal strategy exploits existing scientific computing infrastructure, adopts a practical mixture of data integration technologies and encourages collaborative enhancement of the resource by its user community.
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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Type
journal article