PlantRG: A Comprehensive and User-Friendly Database for Plant Resistance Gene Analogs (RGAs).
He J, Ma X, Cao R, Liu Z, Zhang C
Crop Improvement
Every tomato blight, rose black spot, and wheat rust that devastates a garden or farm is fought — or lost — based on resistance genes buried in a plant's DNA, and this database just mapped over 2 million of them across 1,062 species so breeders can finally find and deploy them at scale.
Plants have built-in immune system genes that help them resist diseases, insects, and other threats. Scientists have now collected and organized over 2 million of these resistance genes from more than a thousand different plant species into one searchable database. This makes it much easier for plant breeders to find the right genes for creating tougher, disease-resistant crops and garden plants without having to hunt through hundreds of separate scientific papers.
Key Findings
Over 2,163,397 resistance genes were cataloged from 1,062 plant species, drawing on 794 peer-reviewed publications and 107 public databases.
The database includes 207,353 SSR genetic markers and 141,582 miRNAs linked to resistance genes, illuminating how these genes are regulated.
PlantRG provides ready-to-use tools including CRISPR guide design, protein interaction predictions, and homology search — all freely accessible without login.
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Scientists built PlantRG, a free online database cataloging over 2 million plant disease-resistance genes from more than 1,000 plant species — the most comprehensive collection of its kind. This resource gives researchers and breeders a single place to find, compare, and use the genetic tools plants rely on to fight off pathogens and pests.
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Resistance genes are critical for plant defence against biotic stresses, and building a comprehensive, integrated data resource platform for these genes holds great significance for plant research ...
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