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Design of Knowledge Bases for Plant Gene Regulatory Networks

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Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Biology ((MIMB,volume 1629))

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Developing a knowledge base that contains all the information necessary for the researcher studying gene regulation in a particular organism can be accomplished in four stages. This begins with defining the data scope. We describe here the necessary information and resources, and outline the methods for obtaining data. The second stage consists of designing the schema, which involves defining the entire arrangement of the database in a systematic plan. The third stage is the implementation, defined by actualization of the database by using software according to a predefined schema. The final stage is development, where the database is made available to users in a web-accessible system. The result is a knowledgebase that integrates all the information pertaining to gene regulation, and which is easily expandable and transferable.

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  1. Center for Applied Plant Sciences (CAPS), The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

    Eric Mukundi, Fabio Gomez-Cano, Wilberforce Zachary Ouma & Erich Grotewold

  2. Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Graduate Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

    Wilberforce Zachary Ouma

  3. Department of Molecular Genetics and Horticulture & Crop Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

    Erich Grotewold

  4. Department of Horticulture & Crop Sciences, The Ohio State University, 012 Rightmire Hall, 1060 Carmack Road, Columbus, OH, 43220, USA

    Erich Grotewold

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    Kerstin Kaufmann

  2. Institute for Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany

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Mukundi, E., Gomez-Cano, F., Ouma, W.Z., Grotewold, E. (2017). Design of Knowledge Bases for Plant Gene Regulatory Networks. In: Kaufmann, K., Mueller-Roeber, B. (eds) Plant Gene Regulatory Networks. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1629. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7125-1_14

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