AtFusionDB: A comprehensive database of fusion transcripts in model plant Arabidopsis thaliana

Abstract

Fusion transcripts are chimeric RNAs, produced by the joining of two different RNAs at the RNA level or as a product of gene fusion at the DNA level. In this era of high-throughput sequencing technologies, it is easy to identify novel molecules like fusion transcripts in different systems. That's because, initially, supposed to be the well-known cancer biomarkers, fusion transcripts are also validated in normal human physiology. In Planta, discrete reports are available, indicating the presence of fusion transcripts but no dedicated web resource is available for the plant-specific fusion transcripts. This chapter describes the first plant-specific database of fusion transcripts, i.e., AtFusionDB ( http://www.nipgr.res.in/AtFusionDB ), which contains the information on fusion transcripts identified in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. This database can be exploited to get significant information about gene/transcript fusion in plants.