Table 2.
Comparison of Several Plant Transcription Factor Databases
| Name of the Database and Website Address | Country of Origin | Plant Species Covered | Can the Database be Accessed Browsing Individual Chromosome? | Can the User Search by Gene ID or Sequence Identifier? | Is Data Download Possible? | Was the Database Updated in 2007? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RARTF (http://rarge.gsc.riken.jp/rartf/) | Japan | Arabidopsis thaliana | No | No | No | No |
| Plant Transcription Factor Databases (http://planttfdb.cbi.pku.edu.cn/) | China | Arabidopsis thaliana, Populus trichocarpa, Oryza sativa | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Plant Transcription Factor Database (http://plntfdb.bio.uni-potsdam.de/v2.0/) | Germany | Oryza sativa subsp. japonica, Arabidopsis thaliana, and Populus trichocarpa | No | Yes | Yes | No information available |
| Plant CARE (http://bioinformatics.psb.ugent.be/webtools/plantcare/html/ | Belgium | Many plant species | No | Yes | No | No |
| PLACE (http://www.dna.affrc.go.jp/PLACE/index.html) | Japan | Vascular plants and Chlamydomonas reinhardtii | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| DATF (http://datf.cbi.pku.edu.cn/) | China | Arabidopsis thaliana | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| DPTF (http://dptf.cbi.pku.edu.cn/) | China | Populus trichocarpa | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| TOBFAC (http://compsysbio.achs.virginia.edu/tobfac/) | USA | Nicotiana tabacum | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Athamap (http://www.athamap.de/) | Germany | Arabidopsis thaliana | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| DBD: Transcription factor prediction database (http://www.transcriptionfactor.org) | UK | Arabidopsis thaliana, Zea mays, Oryza sativa, Populus trichocarpa, Sorghum bicolor, Vitis vinifera, Lotus japonicus | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| DRTF http://drtf.cbi.pku.edu.cn/ | China | Oryza sativa | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |