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More Nomenclature documentation can be found here.

Gene Function Data

Authors are encouraged to submit their gene function data to TAIR at the time of publication. We also welcome submission of data from older articles by any community member whether or not you are an author on the article. Gene function data accepted by this form include molecular function (for example, protein kinase), localization (cellular, sub-cellular or gross anatomy), biological role (for example, seed development), interacting partners, and comments (gene summaries.) If you have other types of data to submit please choose the appropriate form from our Submit Overview page.

All submissions will be reviewed by a curator before making the data public and will not be released until the relevant publication is published.

The online submission form has been tested with Chrome and Firefox. Please use one of those browsers.

To use our Generic Online Annotation Tool (GOAT), you must have an ORCiD. If you have not already done so, please create one at the ORCID website. GOAT is a ‘paper based’ curation form, used for curating experimental gene function from a published, peer reviewed research article, so you will also need to have the PubMed ID or Digital Object Identifier for your paper handy. When you click on the button below, GOAT will start and prompt you for your ORCiD and password. Using GOAT, you can enter multiple loci, each with its separate set of functional annotations, and submit them all at once to the TAIR curators.

To get started click the link below and follow these steps. Or watch a You Tube tutorial first

1. Log in with your ORCiD
2. Click on the Submission link in the upper left menubar to start a new submission or continue one in progress
3. Enter in the DOI or Pubmed ID for the paper you are curating
4. Enter in ID's for every locus you are curating from the paper. GOAT accepts UniProt IDs, AGI Locus IDs and RNA central IDs
5. Add your annotations. Choose the type of annotation from the drop down menu. You can choose to make Gene Ontology annotations (cellular component, molecular function, biological process), Plant Ontology annotations (plant developmental stages or anatomy), protein interactions or comments
6. Review your annotations before you submit
7. After you complete your submission, TAIR curators will review the information. If we have any questions, we will get in touch with you

We also provide a preformatted Excel spreadsheet. Please click on the link to download the spreadsheet. Required fields are blue . Fields with an asterisk(*) can have more than one entry separated by a pipe with no intervening spaces (e.g. Ecker,Joseph|Bell,Callum).  If submitting a manuscript to The Plant Journal, please include this file in your TPJ submission as a supplemental file.

File Format

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I think the functional annotation for a gene is incorrect. How can I correct it?

If you have data from a published article indicating that information about the expression, localization or biological role of a gene is incorrect, please contact TAIR. An example of an incorrect annotation would be if an article shows a gene to be expressed in the roots (but not shoots) and that same article is used as evidence for gene expression in shoots. If you have data that contradict other published works, we strongly encourage you to submit your own functional annotations and have them included in the gene record.

I know of published information on gene function that is missing from TAIR. How can I include it?

Please provide the missing gene function information using our online submission tool, GOAT. This form can be used by anyone to submit published data, whether you are an author of the publication or not. You will need to log in before filling out the form so that we can associate your name to the submission. If you experience difficulty or have information that will not fit within the form, please contact us.

More detailed instructions:

Authors are encouraged to submit their gene function data to TAIR at the time of publication. We also welcome submission of data from older articles by any community member whether or not you are an author on the article. Gene function data accepted by this form include molecular function (for example, protein kinase), localization (cellular, sub-cellular or gross anatomy), biological role (for example, seed development), interacting partners, and comments (gene summaries.) If you have other types of data to submit please choose the appropriate form from our Submit Overview page.

All submissions will be reviewed by a curator before making the data public and will not be released until the relevant publication is published.

The online submission form has been tested with Chrome and Firefox. Please use one of those browsers.

To use our Generic Online Annotation Tool (GOAT), you must have an ORCiD. If you have not already done so, please create one at the ORCID website. GOAT is a ‘paper based’ curation form, used for curating experimental gene function from a published, peer reviewed research article, so you will also need to have the PubMed ID or Digital Object Identifier for your paper handy. When you click on the button below, GOAT will start and prompt you for your ORCiD and password. Using GOAT, you can enter multiple loci, each with its separate set of functional annotations, and submit them all at once to the TAIR curators.

To get started click the link below and follow these steps. Or watch a You Tube tutorial first

1. Log in with your ORCiD
2. Click on the Submission link in the upper left menubar to start a new submission or continue one in progress
3. Enter in the DOI or Pubmed ID for the paper you are curating
4. Enter in ID's for every locus you are curating from the paper. GOAT accepts UniProt IDs, AGI Locus IDs and RNA central IDs
5. Add your annotations. Choose the type of annotation from the drop down menu. You can choose to make Gene Ontology annotations (cellular component, molecular function, biological process), Plant Ontology annotations (plant developmental stages or anatomy), protein interactions or comments
6. Review your annotations before you submit
7. After you complete your submission, TAIR curators will review the information. If we have any questions, we will get in touch with you

We also provide a preformatted Excel spreadsheet. Please click on the link to download the spreadsheet. Required fields are blue . Fields with an asterisk(*) can have more than one entry separated by a pipe with no intervening spaces (e.g. Ecker,Joseph|Bell,Callum).  If submitting a manuscript to The Plant Journal, please include this file in your TPJ submission as a supplemental file.

File Format

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Please contact TAIR to request a new locus identifier (i.e. AGI Locus code). Once you have the new identifier please contact TAIR to provide any information you have about the function or expression pattern of the new gene. If you are registered at TAIR, you can submit functional annotation information directly or register a new gene symbol. Registration is free.

I think the structure of a gene in the current annotation is incorrect. How can I correct it?

If you have sequence data that indicate the current annotation for a gene is incorrect, please contact TAIR to update the structure.

I think the functional annotation for a gene is incorrect. How can I correct it?

If you have data from a published article indicating that information about the expression, localization or biological role of a gene is incorrect, please contact TAIR. An example of an incorrect annotation would be if an article shows a gene to be expressed in the roots (but not shoots) and that same article is used as evidence for gene expression in shoots. If you have data that contradict other published works, we strongly encourage you to submit your own functional annotations and have them included in the gene record.

I know of published information on gene function that is missing from TAIR. How can I include it?

Please provide the missing gene function information using our online submission tool, GOAT. This form can be used by anyone to submit published data, whether you are an author of the publication or not. You will need to log in before filling out the form so that we can associate your name to the submission. If you experience difficulty or have information that will not fit within the form, please contact us.gene symbol. Registration is free.

I think the structure of a gene in the current annotation is incorrect. How can I correct it?

If you have found missing information or discrepancies in the existing Col-0 gene structures, we would like to include your gene model in our database.

Please submit your data in one of the following ways:

1. Send tab-delimited data from any program. If you want to create your own file please follow the following format in submitting your data and send the files to: curator@arabidopsis.org. Fields indicated in bold are required. Please include the column headers as the first line in your files.

Description file

Marker and Polymorphism Data

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