MAGIC: access portal to a cross-platform gene expression compendium for maize

Bioinformatics. 2014 May 1;30(9):1316-8. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btt739. Epub 2014 Jan 8.

Abstract

To facilitate the exploration of publicly available Zea mays expression data, we constructed a maize expression compendium, making use of an integration methodology and a consistent probe to gene mapping based on the 5b.60 sequence release of Z. mays. The compendium is made available through a web portal MAGIC that hosts a variety of analysis tools to easily browse and analyze the data. Our compendium is different from previous initiatives in combining expression values across different experiments by providing a consistent gene annotation across different platforms.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
  • Gene Expression*
  • Internet
  • Molecular Sequence Annotation
  • Software
  • Zea mays / genetics*