WormBase release WS181 now online

"Todd Harris" <[email protected]> Sun, 30 Sep 2007 14:39:04 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.science.biology.wormbase.announce
Message-ID <200709301839.l8UId4qq013304__42669.6139657453$1191177933$gmane$org@brie6.cshl.edu>
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/WSWS181

New release of WormBase WS181, Wormpep181 and Wormrna181 Fri Sep  7 11:40:20 BST 2007


WS181 was built by Gary Williams
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This directory includes:
i)   database.WS181.*.tar.gz    -   compressed data for new release
ii)  models.wrm.WS181           -   the latest database schema (also in above database files)
iii) CHROMOSOMES/subdir         -   contains 3 files (DNA, GFF & AGP per chromosome)
iv)  WS181-WS180.dbcomp         -   log file reporting difference from last release
v)   wormpep181.tar.gz          -   full Wormpep distribution corresponding to WS181
vi)   wormrna181.tar.gz          -   latest WormRNA release containing non-coding RNA's in the genome
vii)  confirmed_genes.WS181.gz   -   DNA sequences of all genes confirmed by EST &/or cDNA
viii) cDNA2orf.WS181.gz           -   Latest set of ORF connections to each cDNA (EST, OST, mRNA)
ix)   gene_interpolated_map_positions.WS181.gz    - Interpolated map positions for each coding/RNA gene
x)    clone_interpolated_map_positions.WS181.gz   - Interpolated map positions for each clone
xi)   best_blastp_hits.WS181.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.WS181.gz   - for each C. briggsae protein, lists Best blastp match to
                                     human, fly, yeast, C. elegans, and SwissProt & TrEMBL proteins.
xiii) geneIDs.WS181.gz   - list of all current gene identifiers with CGC & molecular names (when known)
xiv)  PCR_product2gene.WS181.gz   - Mappings between PCR products and overlapping Genes


Release notes on the web:
-------------------------
http://www.wormbase.org/wiki/index.php/Release_notes



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

       	WS181       	WS180      	change
----------------------------------------------
a    	32365949	32365949	  +0
c    	17779887	17779887	  +0
g    	17756036	17756036	  +0
t    	32365750	32365750	  +0
n    	0       	0       	  +0
-    	0       	0       	  +0

Total	100267622	100267622	  +0


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


Gene data set (Live C.elegans genes 29501)
------------------------------------------
Molecular_info              27790 (94.2%)
Concise_description          4889 (16.6%)
Reference                    7211 (24.4%)
CGC_approved Gene name      14732 (49.9%)
RNAi_result                 20690 (70.1%)
Microarray_results          19945 (67.6%)
SAGE_transcript             18645 (63.2%)




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

There are 20144 CDS in autoace, 23518 when counting 3374 alternate splice forms.

The 23518 sequences contain  base pairs in total.

Modified entries      23
Deleted entries       0
New entries           11
Reappeared entries    0

Net change  +11




Status of entries: Confidence level of prediction (based on the amount of transcript evidence)
-------------------------------------------------
Confirmed              8109 (34.5%)	Every base of every exon has transcription evidence (mRNA, EST etc.)
Partially_confirmed   10746 (45.7%)	Some, but not all exon bases are covered by transcript evidence
Predicted              4663 (19.8%)	No transcriptional evidence at all



Status of entries: Protein Accessions
-------------------------------------
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot accessions   3439 (14.6%)
UniProtKB/TrEMBL accessions     18829 (80.1%)



Status of entries: Protein_ID's in EMBL
---------------------------------------
Protein_id            22278 (94.7%)



Gene <-> CDS,Transcript,Pseudogene connections (cgc-approved)
---------------------------------------------
Entries with CGC-approved Gene name  13107


GeneModel correction progress WS180 -> WS181
-----------------------------------------
Confirmed introns not in a CDS gene model;

		+---------+--------+
		| Introns | Change |
		+---------+--------+
Cambridge	|     24  |     1  |
St Louis 	|    157  |    -1  |
		+---------+--------+


Members of known repeat families that overlap predicted exons;

		+---------+--------+
		| Repeats | Change |
		+---------+--------+
Cambridge	|      6  |     0  |
St Louis 	|      6  |     0  |
		+---------+--------+



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:
---------

The following BLAST databases were updated to the latest version:
gadfly
ipi_human
yeast


Genome sequence updates:
-----------------------


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


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


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

Analysis objects are now being used for evidence of orthologs.


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

2944 5' and 3' RACE sequences from the Vidal lab will be aligned to
the C.elegans genome giving an improved view of the ends of many
genes.

Proposed Model Changes
----------------------

Added History tracking tags to ?Feature class
Removed WashU_ID and Exelixis_ID as Variation name types
Added Amber_UAG_or_Opal_UGA as final ambiguous mutation


Model Changes:
------------------------------------

#####################################################################

#Molecular_change   Nonsense UNIQUE Amber_UAG Text #Evidence
                             Ochre_UAA Text #Evidence
                             Opal_UGA  Text #Evidence
                             Ochre_UAA_or_Opal_UGA Text #Evidence
                             Amber_UAG_or_Ochre_UAA Text #Evidence


######################################################################

?Transcript
Properties    Transcript    mRNA
                miRNA
                ncRNA
                rRNA
                scRNA
                snRNA
                snlRNA *new Small Nuclear Like RNA
                snoRNA
                stRNA
                tRNA
		u21RNA

#################################################################################################

#Splice_confirmation     cDNA ?Sequence // ?Sequence link to flag which cDNA is confirming
           EST ?Sequence  // or falsifying the intron in question, added [031121 krb]
           OST
           mRNA
           Homology
           UTR ?Sequence
           False ?Sequence
           Inconsistent ?Sequence


#################################################################################################

// the main Analysis class To hold information about Publications / Persons / other evidence and the used WormBase Release
?Analysis    Source_database ?Database
                  Based_on_WB_Release Int
                  Based_on_DB_Release Text
                  Description ?Text
                  Reference ?Paper XREF Describes_analysis
                  Conducted_by ?Person XREF Describes_analysis  // not always the same as the author of the paper - eg Erich running OrthoMCL
                  URL Text   // eg www.treefam.org  (or would this be covered by Source_database?)


// changes to the Evidence
#Evidence From_analysis ?Analysis

// Paper class changes
?Paper Describes_analysis ?Analysis XREF Reference

// Person class changes
?Person Conducted ?Analysis XREF Conducted_by


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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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