Tools

This page serves as an index of useful tools you may wish to use in your research.

MaizeGDB BLAST Search: Execute a BLAST search against the ZmDB (Maize Gene Discovery Project) sequence data set.
Mapped Sequence Search: Enter a list of sequence accession numbers and find out if they're mapped and on what maps.
Image Browser: Browse through our images to get a visual idea of some of the things that are stored.
Bin Viewer: Browse the maize genome in a visual fashion!

These tools are integrated throughout the site making searches quick and convenient. For example, all of these tools are available on sequence records (e.g., see AI438620), allowing automatic searching with just a mouse click.

Playground Community Curation Tools: Try out the Community Curation Tools with username corn and password cob! Make up fun bogus records here to learn how to use the tools before beginning to curate real data with the Real Community Curation Tools.
Real Community Curation Tools: Create records and curate data stored in the database! To get information on how to become a curator, fill out and submit this form and check the box to become a curator.

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Last updated 12:12 pm, Mar 07, 2008.