Release Notes Archive

Plant Ontology Release# 0907 September 2007

Plant Ontology Database

Website updates

* New version of PO browser (AmiGO)

    - New interface

    - New users guide

    - New features: add "GO" (Gene Ontology) association
to Arabidopsis genes

* POC website updates

    - add "Request PO terms" feature on navigation menu

    - add "POC Outreach Activities" link in
"Documentation" page

    - Update "Tutorial"

    - Update "Mail Archives"

    - Update PO website usage statistics

Ontology updates

Number of terms:

Total terms	1109
Total children terms in Plant structure	833
New children terms in Plant structure	5
Total children terms in Plant growth and development	274
New children terms in Plant growth and development	1

New children terms in Plant Structure:

PO ID	Term name
PO:0008011	embryo vascular system
PO:0008012	stigma vascular system
PO:0008013	anther vascular system
PO:0008014	filament vascular system
PO:0008015	hypocotyl vascular system

New children terms in Plant Growth and Development Stages:

PO ID	Term name
PO:0007037	inflorescence bifurcation stage

Associations / Aannotations

Number of associations/annotations:

Total number of associations	32104
Number of associations NEW	204
Total number of unique objects (genes & germplasms)	15859
Number of unique objects NEW	52

Number of associations from:

TAIR (Arabidopsis) (Note: Removed 45 associations and 8 unique objects from previous release)	6241
NASC (Arabidopsis)	1897
Gramene (rice)	21371
MaizeGDB (maize)	2595