Poster: Genomics Resources

Abs # 928: Solanaceae Functional Genomics Resources at TIGR

Presenter:	Rensick, Willem
Authors	Rensick, Willem  (A)   Stegalkina, Sveltana  (A)   Liu, Jia  (A)   Hart, Amy  (A)   Blunt, Stacey  (A)   Buell, C. Robin  (A)
Affiliations:	(A): The Institute for Genomic Research
Web Site:	http://www.tigr.org/tdb/potato

The Solanaceae family represents a range of phenotypically diverse species that includes several important vegetable crops such as potato, tomato, pepper, and eggplant. While the phenotypes are diverse, the genomes of the Solanceae species are highly conserved. We have developed a series of public resources for genomic research in the Solanceae (www.tigr.org/tdb/potato). We have generated ~88,000 potato EST sequences and clustered these into a gene index. We have developed a set of sequence-verified clones that have been utilized to fabricate a potato cDNA microarray. The potato microarrays are available to the public through a slide distribution and an expression profiling service. We have demonstrated the successful heterologous hybridization of the potato cDNA microarrays with multiple Solanaceae species including tomato, pepper, eggplant, tobacco, Nicotiana benthamianum, and petunia. We report on the development of these resources along with expression profiles of Solanaceae species during abiotic stress such as cold, heat, salt, and drought.