International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru 502324, India.
BMC Bioinformatics. 2014 Jun 21;15:212. doi: 10.1186/1471-2105-15-212.
Chickpea (Cicer arietinum) is a widely grown legume crop in tropical, sub-tropical and temperate regions. Molecular breeding approaches seem to be essential for enhancing crop productivity in chickpea. Until recently, limited numbers of molecular markers were available in the case of chickpea for use in molecular breeding. However, the recent advances in genomics facilitated the development of large scale markers especially SSRs (simple sequence repeats), the markers of choice in any breeding program. Availability of genome sequence very recently opens new avenues for accelerating molecular breeding approaches for chickpea improvement.
In order to assist genetic studies and breeding applications, we have developed a user friendly relational database named the Chickpea Microsatellite Database (CicArMiSatDB http://cicarmisatdb.icrisat.org). This database provides detailed information on SSRs along with their features in the genome. SSRs have been classified and made accessible through an easy-to-use web interface.
This database is expected to help chickpea community in particular and legume community in general, to select SSRs of particular type or from a specific region in the genome to advance both basic genomics research as well as applied aspects of crop improvement.
鹰嘴豆（Cicer arietinum）是一种在热带、亚热带和温带地区广泛种植的豆类作物。分子育种方法似乎对于提高鹰嘴豆的作物生产力至关重要。直到最近，鹰嘴豆的分子标记数量有限，可用于分子育种。然而，基因组学的最新进展促进了大规模标记的发展，特别是 SSR（简单序列重复），这是任何育种计划的首选标记。最近基因组序列的可用性为加速鹰嘴豆改良的分子育种方法开辟了新的途径。
为了协助遗传研究和育种应用，我们开发了一个用户友好的关系数据库，名为鹰嘴豆微卫星数据库（CicArMiSatDB http://cicarmisatdb.icrisat.org）。该数据库提供了 SSR 及其在基因组中特征的详细信息。SSR 已通过易于使用的 Web 界面进行分类和提供。
该数据库有望帮助鹰嘴豆社区，特别是豆科植物社区，选择特定类型或来自基因组特定区域的 SSR，以推进基础基因组学研究和作物改良的应用方面。
