Seeds in Chernobyl: the database on proteome response on radioactive environment

Front Plant Sci. 2012 Oct 10:3:231. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2012.00231. eCollection 2012.

Abstract

Two serious nuclear accidents during the last quarter century (Chernobyl, 1986 and Fukushima, 2011) contaminated large agricultural areas with radioactivity. The database "Seeds in Chernobyl" (http://www.chernobylproteomics.sav.sk) contains the information about the abundances of hundreds of proteins from on-going investigation of mature and developing seed harvested from plants grown in radioactive Chernobyl area. This database provides a useful source of information concerning the response of the seed proteome to permanently increased level of ionizing radiation in a user-friendly format.

Keywords: Chernobyl; database; plants; proteome; radioactivity; seeds.