WormBase release WS155 now online

"WormBase" <[email protected]> Sun, 26 Mar 2006 12:37:40 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.science.biology.wormbase.announce,gmane.science.biology.wormbase.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
This is an automatic announcement that WormBase
(http://www.wormbase.org) has just been updated.  New releases occur
roughly every three 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.sanger.ac.uk/pub/wormbase/current_release/
   or
   ftp://ftp.wormbase.org/pub/wormbase/acedb/current_release

Additional information on the release, including any necessary patches or bug
fixes can be found on the WormBaseWiki:

   http://www.wormbase.org/wiki/index.php/WSWS155

New release of WormBase WS155, Wormpep155 and Wormrna155 Fri Mar  3 14:51:02 GMT 2006


WS155 was built by [INSERT NAME HERE]
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This directory includes:
i)   database.WS155.*.tar.gz    -   compressed data for new release
ii)  models.wrm.WS155           -   the latest database schema (also in above database files)
iii) CHROMOSOMES/subdir         -   contains 3 files (DNA, GFF & AGP per chromosome)
iv)  WS155-WS154.dbcomp         -   log file reporting difference from last release
v)   wormpep155.tar.gz          -   full Wormpep distribution corresponding to WS155
vi)   wormrna155.tar.gz          -   latest WormRNA release containing non-coding RNA's in the genome
vii)  confirmed_genes.WS155.gz   -   DNA sequences of all genes confirmed by EST &/or cDNA
viii) cDNA2orf.WS155.gz           -   Latest set of ORF connections to each cDNA (EST, OST, mRNA)
ix)   gene_interpolated_map_positions.WS155.gz    - Interpolated map positions for each coding/RNA gene
x)    clone_interpolated_map_positions.WS155.gz   - Interpolated map positions for each clone
xi)   best_blastp_hits.WS155.gz  - for each C. elegans WormPep protein, lists Best blastp match to
                            human, fly, yeast, C. briggsae, and SwissProt & TrEMBL proteins.
xii)  best_blastp_hits_brigprot.WS155.gz   - for each C. briggsae protein, lists Best blastp match to
                                     human, fly, yeast, C. elegans, and SwissProt & TrEMBL proteins.
xiii) geneIDs.WS155.gz   - list of all current gene identifiers with CGC & molecular names (when known)
xiv)  PCR_product2gene.WS155.gz   - Mappings between PCR products and overlapping Genes


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



Primary databases used in build WS155
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camace : 2006-02-10 - updated
genace : 2006-02-10 - updated
citace : 2006-02-10 - updated
stlace : 2006-02-10 - updated
cshace : 2006-02-10 - updated
brigdb : 2004-03-12


Genome sequence composition:
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       	WS155       	WS154      	change
----------------------------------------------
a    	32365775	32365775	  +0
c    	17779813	17779813	  +0
g    	17755968	17755968	  +0
t    	32365578	32365578	  +0
n    	0       	0       	  +0

Total	100267134	100267134	  +0

Chromosomal Changes:
--------------------
There are no changes to the chromosome sequences in this release.


Gene data set (Live C.elegans genes 23718)
------------------------------------------
Molecular_info              21968 (92.6%)
Concise_description          4151 (17.5%)
Reference                    4980 (21%)
CGC_approved Gene name       8730 (36.8%)
RNAi_result                 20497 (86.4%)
Microarray_results          17436 (73.5%)
SAGE_transcript             18196 (76.7%)

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

There are 20070 CDS in autoace, 23043 when counting 2973 alternate splice forms.

The 23043 sequences contain 10,116,737 base pairs in total.

Modified entries             126
Deleted entries               81
New entries                  177
Reappeared entries             4

Net change  +100



Status of entries: Confidence level of prediction (based on the amount of transcript evidence)
-------------------------------------------------
Confirmed              6617 (28.7%)	Every base of every exon has transcription evidence (mRNA, EST etc.)
Partially_confirmed   11428 (49.6%)	Some, but not all exon bases are covered by transcript evidence
Predicted              4998 (21.7%)	No transcriptional evidence at all



Status of entries: Protein Accessions
-------------------------------------
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot accessions   3176 (13.8%)
UniProtKB/TrEMBL accessions     19567 (84.9%)



Status of entries: Protein_ID's in EMBL
---------------------------------------
Protein_id            22743 (98.7%)



Gene <-> CDS,Transcript,Pseudogene connections (cgc-approved)
---------------------------------------------
Entries with CGC-approved Gene name   7041


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

No synchronisation issues


There are no gaps remaining in the genome sequence
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For more info mail [email protected]
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New Data:
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The following BLAST databases have been updated
UniProt-Swissprot 49
UniProt-TrEMBL    32

New Fixes:
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C.elegans vs C.briggsae waba analysis and Twinscan gene predictions have been updated due to previous genome sequence changes.

A bug in the UTR generation code has been fixed.  This previously caused the aggregation of some CDSs and Coding_transcripts to go wrong

The interpolation of genetic map positions for Vancouver fosmids has been corrected.


Known Problems:
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The "confirmed introns not in gene model" and related stats are not included in this note but will return in the future


Other Changes:
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Proposed Changes / Forthcoming Data:
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Model Changes:
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added split and merge tags to CDS for StLouis and removed UNIQUE from the RNAi Database line so that multiple connections to the same database can be made

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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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