John L. Portwood

Agricultural Research Service — United States

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies(22), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals(19), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations(14), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms(5), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering(4)

Publications34 total

Delivering artificial intelligence–ready genomics with the Maize Genetics and Genomics Database
Genetics·2026
MaizeGDB Phylostrata Tool: Exploring evolutionary origins of maize proteins
2025Open Access
Fishing for a <scp>reelGene</scp>: evaluating gene models with evolution and machine learning
The Plant Journal·2025· 1 cited
Why do some predicted protein structures fold poorly? Benchmarking AlphaFold, ESMFold, and Boltz in maize
2025· 4 citedOpen Access
Extensive genome evolution distinguishes maize within a stable tribe of grasses
2025· 16 citedOpen Access
Using the MaizeGDB genome browser to evaluate gene model annotation quality and gain functional insights
Faculty of 1000 Research Ltd·2025Open Access
Fusarium Protein Toolkit: a web-based resource for structural and variant analysis of Fusarium species
BMC Microbiology·2024· 5 citedOpen Access
Tools and Resources at the Maize Genetics and Genomics Database (MaizeGDB)
Cold Spring Harbor Protocols·2024· 7 citedOpen Access
Functional annotation and meta-analysis of maize transcriptomes reveal genes involved in biotic and abiotic stress
BMC Genomics·2024· 19 citedOpen Access
Fusarium Protein Toolkit: AI-powered tools to combat fungal threats to agriculture
2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Enhanced pan-genomic resources at the maize genetics and genomics database
Genetics·2024· 12 citedOpen Access
PanEffect: a pan-genome visualization tool for variant effects in maize
Bioinformatics·2024· 5 citedOpen Access
Functional Annotation and Meta-Analysis of Maize Transcriptomes Reveal Genes Involved in Biotic and Abiotic Stress
Research Square (Research Square)·2023Open Access
PanEffect: A pan-genome visualization tool for variant effects in maize
2023· 2 citedOpen Access
Maize protein structure resources at the maize genetics and genomics database
Genetics·2023· 11 citedOpen Access
Maize Feature Store: A centralized resource to manage and analyze curated maize multi-omics features for machine learning applications
Database·2023· 9 citedOpen Access
FASSO: An AlphaFold based method to assign functional annotations by combining sequence and structure orthology
2022· 12 citedOpen Access
A pan-genomic approach to genome databases using maize as a model system
BMC Plant Biology·2021· 250 citedOpen Access
qTeller: a tool for comparative multi-genomic gene expression analysis
Bioinformatics·2021· 36 cited
De novo assembly, annotation, and comparative analysis of 26 diverse maize genomes
Science·2021· 681 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Carson M. Andorf(32), Margaret Woodhouse(26), Ethalinda K. S. Cannon(22), Jack M. Gardiner(18), Olivia C. Haley(12), Taner Z. Sen(10), Rita K. Hayford(10), Arun S. Seetharam(7), Lisa Harper(7), Matthew B. Hufford(6), Nancy Manchanda(6), Shatabdi Sen(6), R. Kelly Dawe(5), David A Schott(5), Hye-Seon Kim(5), Sharon Wei(4), Michael Syring(4), Víctor Llaca(4), Kevin Fengler(4), Jeffrey Ross‐Ibarra(4)