Comprehensive resources for tomato functional genomics based on the miniature model tomato micro-tom.
Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tennoudai, Tsukuba, 305-8572, Japan.
Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L., Solanaceae) is an excellent model plant for genomic research of solanaceous plants, as well as for studying the development, ripening, and metabolism of fruit. In 2003, the International Solanaceae Project (SOL, www.sgn.cornell.edu ) was initiated by members from more than 30 countries, and the tomato genome-sequencing project is currently underway. Genome sequence of tomato obtained by this project will provide a firm foundation for forthcoming genomic studies such as the comparative analysis of genes conserved among the Solanaceae species and the elucidation of the functions of unknown tomato genes. To exploit the wealth of the genome sequence information, there is an urgent need for novel resources and analytical tools for tomato functional genomics. Here, we present an overview of the development of genetic and genomic resources of tomato in the last decade, with a special focus on the activities of Japan SOL and the National Bio-Resource Project in the development of functional genomic resources of a model cultivar, Micro-Tom.
PMID: 19506732 [PubMed - in process]
PMID: 19506732 [PubMed - in process]
関連論文
- [Review] From mapping to sequencing, post-sequencing and beyond.
- The SOL Genomics Network: a comparative resource for Solanaceae biology and beyond.
- Sequence of the tomato chloroplast DNA and evolutionary comparison of solanaceous plastid genomes.
- ISOL@: an Italian SOLAnaceae genomics resource.
- The Tomato Sequencing Project, the First Cornerstone of the International Solanaceae Project (SOL).




























