LegumeIP 2.0: An Integrative Platform to Study Gene Function and Genome Evolution in Legumes

The LegumeIP hosts large-scale integrative genomics, transcriptomics data and bioinformatics resources to study gene function and gene and genome evolution in legumes. The data resources include genomics sequences, gene models, proteins sequences, EST sequence, and InterProScan annotations of three legume species (Medicago truncatula, Lotus japonicas, Glycine max) and two outgroup species (Arabidopsis thaliana, Poplar trichocarpa). Recently, we updated our database from LegumeIP to a new version, LegumeIP 2.0, incorporating the following new features/functions:

• Whole-genome gene regulatory network construction for Medicago truncatula, Glycine max, Lotus japonicas, Arabidopsis thaliana;
• Functional module analysis of constructed network and systematic transcription Factor prediction for these three Legume species;
• An integrated functional homology comparison of three legume species through sequence-based and network-based approach;
• Updated Medicago truncatula gene models to version 4.0 ;
• Additional genomics data from various legume genome sequencing projects.

LegumeIP 2.0 is freely and publically available at http://plantgrn.noble.org/LegumeIP/.