http://www.legumebase.brc.miyazaki-u.ac.jp/lotus/))
and the “Glycine max/soja database” (http://
http://www.legumebase.brc.miyazaki-u.ac.jp/glycine/))
(Table22.2). In“LegumeBase,”users may select
the strains of interest by accession number,
name, collector, morphological data, genotype,
or detailed information about the collection site
including meteorological data. Sequence data for
DNA resources are also available for each data-
base (Table22.2). In addition, there are several
related Web sites, such as the social bookmark
site“Worldwide Legume Science Information
Desk”or sites providing lists of relevant papers
in the research area, such as Research Resource
CirculationLotus/Glycinethat was established by
the NBRP Information Center at the National
Institute of Genetics (Yamazaki et al. 2010 )
(Table 22.2). The latter site provides useful
information about legume research using the
resources of NBRPLotusandGlycine.
22.15 Conclusions
We have developed extensive resources for two
important leguminous plants, Lotus japonicus
andGlycine max, and have constructed a data-
base called“LegumeBase”hosted at our resource
center. NBRPLotusandGlycineaims to make
research materials and resources readily available
to the legume research community. We make an
effort to collect valuable resources for legume
research, maintain the resources in good condi-
tion, and provide superior quality information
and biological materials. When using our
resources, the user is required to sign a material
transfer agreement (MTA) and to explicitly
acknowledge our resource center as the source in
any publication that ensues from the study. We
started collecting handling fees for providing
resources in April, 2010. The fees can be paid
online by credit card payment. We are accepted
deposits of resources from researchers world-
wide. Care will be taken to adhere to the pro-
tective conditions that are stipulated by
depositors when distributing the bioresources.
Previously, researchers wasted a lot of time with
labor costs for procuring and maintaining their
resources. NBRPLotusandGlycine“Legume-
Base”will alleviate these problems by accepting
valuable research materials, maintaining the
resources and distributing them as needed.Acknowledgments This work was supported by the
National BioResource Project of the Ministry of Educa-
tion, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)
Japan. We thank Dr. Yamazaki and the staff of the
Genetic Informatics Laboratory at the National Institute of
Genetics (NIG) for constructing and maintaining“Le-
gumeBase.”In addition, we profoundly thank theLotus
andGlycineresearch communities for their cooperation
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