With the advances of sequencing technologies, genomes for hundreds of horticultural crops, including cucurbits, have been deciphered in recent years. These valuable genomic data can be employed to facilitate more effective crop improvement. However, the data are scattered in various databases with complex search and display strategies, making functional genomic analyses across different crops very challenging. To this end, a lightweight universal search engine, HortGenome Search Engine (HSE), was developed to allow for the querying of genes, functional annotations, protein domains, homologs, and other gene-related functions for more than 500 horticultural crops.
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HortGenome Search Engine, a universal genomic search engine for horticultural crops
Sen Wang, Shangxiao Wei, Yuling Deng, Shaoyuan Wu, Haixu Peng, You Qing, Xuyang Zhai, Shijie Zhou, Jinrong Li, Hua Li, Yijian Feng, Yating Yi, Rui Li, Hui Zhang, Yiding Wang, Renlong Zhang, Lu Ning, Yuncong Yao, Zhangjun Fei, Yi Zheng
Horticulture Research, Volume 11, Issue 6, June 2024
DOI: 10.1093/hr/uhae100
