MaizeGDB: The Maize Model Organism Database for Basic, Translational, and Applied Research

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The MaizeGDB home page. The most commonly utilized search functionality for MaizeGDB is the search bar (A), which is available within the header of any MaizeGDB page. To browse data and to search specific data types using specific limiters, the Data Centers (B) are also quite useful. Also available is a Bin Viewer (C), which allows for a view of lots of data types within the context of their chromosomal location. To enable access to the Data Centers and other displays of interest from any MaizeGDB page, a pull-down menu for “Useful pages” (D) is accessible on the header of any MaizeGDB page. The footer of all MaizeGDB pages contains a context-sensitive “feedback form” link (E). Researchers use the feedback form to report errors, ask questions, and to contact the MaizeGDB team directly. For newcomers to the site, the MaizeGDB Tutorial (F) can help them to get a jump start on how to use the site.