PMRD: a curated database for genes and mutants involved in plant male reproduction.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Male reproduction is an essential biological event in the plant life cycle separating the diploid sporophyte and haploid gametophyte generations, which involves expression of approximately 20,000 genes. The control of male reproduction is also of economic importance for plant breeding and hybrid seed production. With the advent of forward and reverse genetics and genomic technologies, a large number of male reproduction-related genes have been identified. Thus it is extremely challenging for individual researchers to systematically collect, and continually update, all the available information on genes and mutants related to plant male reproduction. The aim of this study is to manually curate such gene and mutant information and provide a web-accessible resource to facil

SUBMITTER: Cui X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3607949 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature