Deprecation of maizesequence.org

The maize sequencing project had been running an EnsEMBL based genome browser, comparative analysis tools, and biomart at maizesequence.org, but this responsibility been transferred to gramene.org. Gramene hosts the current maize B73 reference genome sequence (RefGen_v3) and annotations along with regularly updated database cross references and comparative analyses provided by Gramene and collaborators at plants.ensembl.org.