WormBase release WS83 now online

"WormBase" <[email protected]> Mon, 5 Aug 2002 10:12:10 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.science.biology.wormbase.announce
Message-ID <[email protected]>
This is an automatic announcement that WormBase
(http://www.wormbase.org) has just been updated.  New releases occur
every two weeks.

The text of the AceDB release notes, which contains highlights of the
new data is attached.  You can download the full AceDB files from:

   ftp://ftp.wormbase.org/pub/wormbase/current_release/

New Release of WormBase WS83, Wormpep83 and Wormrna83 2/8/02 
======================================================================

This directory includes:

i)	database.WS83.*.tar.gz  -   compressed data for new release

ii)	models.wrm.WS83         -   the latest database schema (also in 
                                    above database files)

iii)	CHROMOSOMES/subdir      -   contains 3 files (DNA, GFF & AGP per 
                                    chromosome)

iv)	WS83-WS82.dbcomp        -   log file reporting difference from 
                                    last release

v)	wormpep83.tar.gz        -   full Wormpep distribution 
                                    corresponding to WS83

vi)	wormrna83.tar.gz        -   latest WormRNA release containing 
                                    non-coding RNA's in the genome

vii)	confirmed_genes.WS83.gz -   DNA sequences of all genes confirmed 
                                    by EST &/or cDNA


Release notes on the web:
-------------------------
http://www.sanger.ac.uk/Projects/C_elegans/WORMBASE


Primary databases used in build WS83
------------------------------------
brigdb : 2002-07-19 - updated
camace : 2002-07-23 - updated
citace : 2002-07-19 - updated
cshace : 2002-06-30
genace : 2002-07-22 - updated
stlace : 2002-07-19 - updated


Genome sequence composition:
----------------------------

       	WS83       	WS82      	change
----------------------------------------------
a    	32344796	32341760	+3036
c    	17767733	17763359	+4374
g    	17745345	17743847	+1498
t    	32346366	32340044	+6322
n    	95      	95      	  +0
-    	62800   	62800   	  +0
----------------------------------------------
Total	100267135	100251905	+15230

This is a net increase of 15,230 bp coming mainly from the incorporation
of the telomere IIR (clone name 2RSSE).

Remaining gaps: 
---------------
For more info mail [email protected] 

# Gaps are covered by a 950Kb SseI fragment 

III      1005794   1028769   37  F    AC087078.1      1       22976  +
III      1028770   1029769   38  N                             1000
III      1029770   1075569   39  F    AC084156.1      1       45800  +

# Gaps are covered by YAC clones in production at St Louis

X              1      2649    1  F    AL031272.2      1       2649   +
X           2650      3649    2  N                            1000
X           3650     14860    3  F    AC087735.2      1       11211  +

X         177585    194657    6  F    AC084160.2      1       17073  +
X         194658    225057    7  N                            30400
X         225058    254821    8  F    Z83097.1        1       29764  +

X         225058    254821    8  F    Z83097.1        1       29764  +
X         254822    285221    9  N                            30400
X         285222    299761   10  F    AC024789.1      1       14540  +

Wormpep data set:
----------------------------

There are 19466 CDS in autoace, 20732 when counting 1266 alternate splice forms.

The 20732 sequences contain 9,156,670 base pairs in total.

Modified entries              71
Deleted entries               34
New entries                   74
Reappeared entries             4
================================
Net change                   +44


GeneModel correction progress WS82 -> WS83
-----------------------------------------

Confirmed introns not is a CDS gene model;

		+---------+--------+
		| Introns | Change |
		+---------+--------+
Cambridge	|   1973  |   -34  |
St Louis 	|    683  |  -107  |
		+---------+--------+


Members of known repeat families that overlap predicted exons;

		+---------+--------+
		| Introns | Change |
		+---------+--------+
Cambridge	|     29  |     0  |
St Louis 	|    184  |    -1  |
		+---------+--------+


Synchronisation with GenBank / EMBL:
------------------------------------

CHROMOSOME_I	sequence AC024866
CHROMOSOME_I	sequence AC024866
CHROMOSOME_I	sequence U88309
CHROMOSOME_I	sequence AF106574
CHROMOSOME_II	sequence AC084157
CHROMOSOME_II	sequence AC087080
CHROMOSOME_II	sequence AC084156
CHROMOSOME_III	sequence U39851
CHROMOSOME_IV	sequence U61957
CHROMOSOME_IV	sequence U61957
CHROMOSOME_IV	sequence U58755
CHROMOSOME_X	sequence U40426
CHROMOSOME_X	sequence U41542
CHROMOSOME_X	sequence U53344
CHROMOSOME_X	sequence U40945
----------------------------------------------------------------


New Data:
---------

C.briggsae sequence data is in WS83. The DNA is represented by the
GSC fosmids (accession.ver_no) and raw contigs cxxxxxxxxx.Contigx. 
These are assembled into 'ultracontigs' using a AGP_fragment S_Child 
SMap procedure. The 'ultracontigs' are named cb25.fpcxxxx and 
cb25.NA_XXX. These 578 sequences have been submitted to EMBL.

A new UTR class is present in WS83 based on the initial mappings of
Lincoln Stein. Nomenclature is UTRxxxxxx and they are attached to the 
Predicted_gene subclass via the Matching_UTR tag.

New sequence includes corrections from St Louis and the IIR telomeric
clone 2RSSE.

The wormpep history has been integrated into the database such that 
prediction changes and name changes should be more transparent to the
user. 

New Transgenes, strains, alleles, and loci (amongst others).


New Fixes:
----------


Known Problems:
--------------


Other Changes:
--------------

Proposed Changes / Forthcoming Data:
------------------------------------

Large number of gene model changes to come from Sanger.

Improvement of the UTR class.

Gene predictions for C.briggsae data.


Quick installation guide for UNIX/Linux systems
-----------------------------------------------

1. Create a new directory to contain your copy of WormBase,
	e.g. /users/yourname/wormbase

2. Unpack and untar all of the database.*.tar.gz files into
	this directory. You will need approximately 2-3 Gb of disk space.

3. Obtain and install a suitable acedb binary for your system
	(available from www.acedb.org).

4. Use the acedb 'xace' program to open your database, e.g.
	type 'xace /users/yourname/wormbase' at the command prompt.

5. See the acedb website for more information about acedb and
	using xace.

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