ChromoWIZ: a web tool to query and visualize chromosome-anchored genes from cereal and model genomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Over the last years reference genome sequences of several economically and scientifically important cereals and model plants became available. Despite the agricultural significance of these crops only a small number of tools exist that allow users to inspect and visualize the genomic position of genes of interest in an interactive manner.

Description

We present chromoWIZ, a web tool that allows visualizing the genomic positions of relevant genes and comparing these data between different plant genomes. Genes can be queried using gene identifiers, functional annotations, or sequence homology in four grass species (Triticum aestivum, Hordeum vulgare, Brachypodium distachyon, Oryza sativa). The distribution of the anchored genes is visualized along the chromosomes by

SUBMITTER: Nussbaumer T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4266971 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature