Omics Knowledge Portal for Rice
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What is Omics?
- Omics is a discipline of science and engineering for analyzing the functions and interactions of biological information entities in various –ome layers(clusters) of life. It is involved with a series of state of the art technology for large-scale studies of genes (genomics and epigenomics), transcripts (transcriptomics), proteins (proteomics), metabolites (metabolomics), lipids (lipidomics), interactions (interactomics) and phenotype (Phenomics). Omics aims at the collective characterization and quantification of pools of biological molecules that translate into the structure, function, and dynamics of an organism or organisms. The main focus is on: 1) mapping information objects such as genes, proteins, and ligands; 2) finding interaction relationships among the objects; 3) engineering the networks and objects to understand and manipulate the regulatory mechanisms; and 4) integrating various omes and omics subfields."
- The rapid advances in 'omics' technologies for both model and non-model organism transformed biological research from a relatively data-poor discipline into the one that is data rich (The Big Data Area in Biology), marking a significant phase transition in the history of biological research. Integration of genome and functional omics data with genetic and phenotypic information is leading to the identification of genes and pathways responsible for important agronomic phenotypes. In addition, high-throughput genotyping technologies enable the screening of large germplasm collections to identify novel alleles from diverse sources, thus offering a major expansion in the variation available for breeding.
- Take the Model of "Multi-Dimensional Approaches to Systems Understanding of Leaf Senescence" from Jeongsik Kim (pulished in June 2016 ) for example, Given the multifaceted nature of the leaf senes- cence process, multi-dimensional approaches are required for the systems understanding of the mechanistic principles governing leaf senescence. The ‘‘Age/environment’’ dimension includes internal (age) and external (environmental) factors that regulate leaf senescence. The Organization dimension refers to various analytic layers, including organelle, cell, organ, and organism. The ‘‘Analysis’’ dimension defines diverse high-throughput ‘‘omics’’ technologies. Efforts to integrate multi-omics data, including genomic, epigenomic, transcriptomic, proteomic, metabolomic, and phenomic data, on leaf senescence are essential for an in-depth understanding of the molecular nature of leaf senescence.
The Omics Knowledge Portal for Rice
- In order to make a comprehensive integration of published omics knowledge for rice, here we establish Omics Knowledge Portal for Rice (OKP4R) in RiceWiki. We invite concerned biologits all around the world to join this the portal to share the precious related knowledge.
