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Please cite one of the following papers to reference the PLAZA project, depending on the instances used:

Plants: Van Bel, M., Silvestri, F., Weitz, E. M., Kreft, L., Botzki, A., Coppens, F., Vandepoele, K. (2022) PLAZA 5.0: extending the scope and power of comparative and functional genomics in plants Nucleic Acids Res.
Green algae: * Vandepoele, K., * Van Bel, M., Richard, G., Van Landeghem, S., Verhelst, B., Moreau, H., Van de Peer, Y., Grimsley, N., Piganeau, G. (2013) pico-PLAZA, a genome database of microbial photosynthetic eukaryotes. Environmental Microbiology 15(8):2147-53 *contributed equally
Diatoms: Osuna-Cruz, C. M., Bilcke, G., Vancaester, E., De Decker, S., Bones, A., Winge, P., Poulsen, N., Bulankova, P., Verhelst, B., Audoor, S., Belisova, D., Pargana, A., Russo, M., Stock, F., Cirri, E., Brembu, T., Pohnert, G., Piganeau, G., Immacolata, M., Mock, T., Sterck, L., Sabbe, K., De Veylder, L., * Vyverman, W., * Vandepoele, K. (2020) The Seminavis robusta genome provides insights into the evolutionary adaptations of benthic diatoms Nature Communications *contributed equally

Van Bel, M., Silvestri, F., Weitz, E. M., Kreft, L., Botzki, A., Coppens, F., Vandepoele, K. (2022) PLAZA 5.0: extending the scope and power of comparative and functional genomics in plants Nucleic Acids Res. (accepted for publication)
Van Bel, M., Diels, T., Vancaester, E., Kreft, L., Botzki, A., Van de Peer, Y., Coppens, F., Vandepoele, K. (2017) PLAZA 4.0: an integrative resource for functional, evolutionary and comparative plant genomics Nucleic Acids Res.
* Proost, S., * Van Bel, M., Vaneechoutte, D., Van de Peer, Y., Inzé, D., Mueller-Roeber, B., Vandepoele, K. (2014) PLAZA 3.0: an access point for plant comparative genomics. Nucleic Acids Res. 43(Database issue):D974-81 *contributed equally
* Van Bel, M., * Proost, S., Wischnitzki, E., Movahedi, S., Scheerlinck, C., Van de Peer, Y., Vandepoele, K. (2012) Dissecting plant genomes with the PLAZA comparative genomics platform. Plant Physiol. 158(2):590-600 *contributed equally
* Proost, S., * Van Bel, M., Sterk, L., Billiau, K., Van Parys, T., Van de Peer, Y., Vandepoele, K. (2009) PLAZA: a comparative genomics resource to study gene and genome evolution in plants. Plant Cell. 21(12):3718-31 *contributed equally

Van de Velde, J., Van Bel, M., Vaneechoutte, D., Vandepoele, K. (2016) A Collection of Conserved Non-Coding Sequences to Study Gene Regulation in Flowering Plants Plant Physiol. 171(4):2586-98
Osuna-Cruz, C. M., Bilcke, G., Vancaester, E., De Decker, S., Bones, A., Winge, P., Poulsen, N., Bulankova, P., Verhelst, B., Audoor, S., Belisova, D., Pargana, A., Russo, M., Stock, F., Cirri, E., Brembu, T., Pohnert, G., Piganeau, G., Immacolata, M., Mock, T., Sterck, L., Sabbe, K., De Veylder, L., * Vyverman, W., * Vandepoele, K. (2020) The Seminavis robusta genome provides insights into the evolutionary adaptations of benthic diatoms Nature Communications *contributed equally