Release Notes July 2005
New Genomes Data
- Mapping to the Oryza sativa (japonica) genome of flanking
sequences for the Oryza sativa SNPs from NCBI's
dbSNP
build 34.
- Alignments were performed using the Ensembl Variation mapping
pipeline which in turn uses the SSAHA
algorithm.
- Of the ~3,900,000 rice SNPs in dbSNP, ~2,900,000 were mapped to the
genome; ~2,700,000 to a unique location.
- Mapping to the Oryza sativa (japonica) genome of microarray target
(concensus) sequences from the following chips;
- Wheat Affymetrix 61K GeneChip (targets Triticum aestivum,
T. monococcum, T. turgidum and Aegilops tauschii sequences),
61115 sequences, of which 21616 (35.35%) mapped.
- Rice Affymetrix 57K GeneChip (targets Oryza Sativa sequences).
57194 sequences, of which 47729 (83.45%) mapped.
- Maize Affymetrix 18K GeneChip (targets Zea mays sequences),
17555 sequences, of which 10132 (57.72%) mapped.
- Mapping to the Oryza sativa (japonica) genome of microarray
oligonucleotide reporter sequences from the Rice NSF 20K chip,
20230 sequences of which 18884 (93.3%) mapped. Alignments in the
UTR regions of the TIGR gene models are classed as unmapped.
- Mapping to the Oryza sativa (japonica) genome of rice MPSS
(Massively Parallel Signature Sequencing) oligo sequences. Data supplied
by Blake Meyers at University of Delaware. 93301 sequences, of
which 92735 (99.4%) mapped. Alignments that cross an exon boundary,
or map to organelles, are classed as unmapped.
- Mapping to the Oryza sativa (japonica) genome of partial genome
assemblies (GSS clusters) for Zea mays (maize). Data supplied by
Iowa State University. 214471 sequences, of which 45146 (21.05%)
mapped.
- Updated mapping of NCBI dbEST sequences for Saccharum (sugarcane). 231225
sequences, of which 134242 (58.06%) mapped.
New Genomes Features
- Introduction of GrameneMart:
www.gramene.org/Multi/martview
- Easy and interactive access to bulk data downloads.
- Retrieval of sequences and genome annotations using a variety of
filters to constrain retrieved results.
- Filters include such things as genomic location and the presence
or absence of specific annotations.
- Data can be returned in a variety of formats, inluding HTML,
text, FASTA, and even Microsoft Excel.
- GrameneMart is the Gramene implementation of BioMart.
- SnpView
- New page for the display of a given SNP.
- TransView, ProtView
- Addition of information for SNPs that map in the location of the
gene,
- Options to add SNP markup to the cDNA/peptide sequences,
- Table of SNPs and their consequence to the protein,
- E.g. LOC_Os01g31460
- GeneSnpView
- New page for the graphical representation of SNP info in the
context of a gene.
- ContigView
- Addition of an 'Array' menu, used to classify tracks that are derive
from array technologies (e.g. microarray chips and MPSS bead arrays).
The track names indicate the species, type of sequence, and the array
to which they refer. Sequence types include 'Oligo', referring to the
reporter (e.g. oligonucleotide) sequences that form the array, and
'Target', to refer to the concensus/exemplar sequences that are
identified by the array.
- New tracks under the 'Array' menu include;
- Rice_ArrayOligo_RiceMPSS
- Rice_ArrayOligo_NSF20K
- Rice_ArrayTarget_Affy57K
- Barley_ArrayTarget_Affy22K (renamed from
Barley_Exemplar_GeneChip)
- Maize_ArrayTarget_Affy18K
- Wheat_ArrayTarget_Affy61K
- Addition of further new tracks to display the SNP and partial genome
assembly mappings.