Maize Genome Resources

Reference Sequence and Annotation Resources

AGPv4:

• Gramene has refgen4 maize resources and annotations.
• AGPv4.33 GFF3

Previous releases (FTP site):

• release-3a.50 (2008-12) - Pre-assembly BAC-based gene build
• release-3b.50 (2009-02) - Pre-assembly BAC-based gene build + Filtered Gene Set
• release-4a.53 (2009-10) - Maize RefGen_v1
• release-5a (2010-11) - Maize RefGen_v2
• release-5b (2011-02) - Maize RefGen_v2 + Filtered Gene Set
• release-5b+ (2013-06) - Maize RefGen_v3 Protein-coding genes only (Equivalent to Filtered Gene Set)

General Genome Sequence

• Maize Genome Database: premier maize genetics and genomics database.
• Gramene: maize (AGPv4) and other grass genomics.
• Phytozome: plant comparative genomics portal of JGI.
• Genomaize: UCSC browser for maize.
• Ensembl genome browser.

Diversity

• Panzea maize HapMap and diversity panels.
• maizeGDB Data Center data center.
• ZeaBigData: a community curated data sharing platform.

Gene expression resources

• qTeller
• Expression analysis tools at MaizeGDB