Publicly Available Resources for Plant Genomics Research at the Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR).

The Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR, https://www.arabidopsis.org) is a continuously updated, manually curated genome database for the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. Since losing federal funding in 2013, TAIR has found alternative funding to continue gathering new gene function information and updating the ‘gold standard annotation’ for this important reference plant genome. Although TAIR now requires subscriptions to access recently curated data, it remains a nonprofit project and many essential functions remain freely accessible without a subscription. In this demonstration, we will show you how to use public resources in TAIR including registration, data searches, stock ordering, data submission and downloading large datasets. Registered users who are affiliated with labs can order seed, DNA and protein chip stocks from our partner, the Arabidopsis Biological Resource Center (ABRC). Registered users can also submit gene functional annotations, add community comments to TAIR detail pages and reserve gene names using our online tools. Curated data that have been in TAIR for one year are released on a quarterly basis and are openly accessible from the website. The exception is the set of GO annotations, which is updated on a monthly basis and made available to the community at the GO Consortium website.