WormBase release WS113 now online

"WormBase" <[email protected]> Sun, 9 Nov 2003 16:53:25 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.science.biology.wormbase.announce
Message-ID <200311092153.hA9LrPj31467__9608.15326911888$1068415446@brie6.cshl.org>
This is an automatic announcement that WormBase
(http://www.wormbase.org) has just been updated.  New releases occur
roughly every 2 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/

New release of WormBase WS113, Wormpep113 and Wormrna113 031103
===============================================================

This directory includes:
i)	database.WS113.*.tar.gz                    - compressed data for new release
ii)	models.wrm.WS113                           - the latest database schema (also in above database files)
iii)	CHROMOSOMES/subdir                         - contains 3 files (DNA, GFF & AGP per chromosome)
iv)	WS113-WS112.dbcomp                         - log file reporting difference from last release
v)	wormpep113.tar.gz                          - full Wormpep distribution corresponding to WS113
vi)	wormrna113.tar.gz                          - WormRNA release containing non-coding RNA's in the genome
vii)	confirmed_genes.WS113.gz                   - DNA sequences of all genes confirmed by EST &/or cDNA
viii)	yk2orf.WS113.gz                            - Latest set of ORF connections to each Yuji Kohara EST clone
ix)	gene_interpolated_map_positions.WS113.gz   - Interpolated map positions for each coding/RNA gene
x)	clone_interpolated_map_positions.WS113.gz  - Interpolated map positions for each clone
xi)	best_blastp_hits.WS113.gz                  - for each C. elegans WormPep protein, lists Best blastp match
						     to human, fly, yeast, briggsae, and SwissProt & Trembl proteins.
xii)	best_blastp_hits_brigprot.WS113.gz         - for each C. briggsae protein, lists Best blastp match to human, 
						     fly, yeast, C. elegans, and SwissProt & Trembl proteins.


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


Primary databases used in build WS113
------------------------------------
brigdb : 2003-10-20 - updated
camace : 2003-10-22 - updated
citace : 2003-10-17 - updated
cshace : 2003-10-17 - updated
genace : 2003-10-21 - updated
stlace : 2003-10-20 - updated


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

       	WS113       	WS112      	change
----------------------------------------------
a    	32368607	32367165	+1442
c    	17780992	17780236	+ 756
g    	17758424	17757587	+ 837
t    	32369797	32368413	+1384
n    	95      	95      	    0
-    	0       	0       	    0
---------------------------------------------
Total	100277915	100273496	+4419

Incorporation of a new segment VB0395L to chromosome X. This unfolds a repeat
and adds a net gain of 4419 bp to the consensus sequence.



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

There are 19935 CDS in autoace, 22220 when counting 2285 alternate splice forms.

The 22220 sequences contain 9,696,674 base pairs in total.

Modified entries              21
Deleted entries                3
New entries                    8
Reappeared entries             0

Net change  +5



Status of entries: Confidence level of prediction
-------------------------------------------------
Confirmed              4369 (19.7%)
Partially_confirmed   10953 (49.3%)
Predicted              6898 (31.0%)



Status of entries: Protein Accessions
-------------------------------------
Swissprot accessions   2420 (10.9%)
TrEMBL accessions     18899 (85.1%)
TrEMBLnew accessions    883 (4.0%)



Status of entries: Protein_ID's in EMBL
---------------------------------------
Protein_id            22202 (99.9%)



Locus <-> Sequence connections (cgc-approved)
---------------------------------------------
Entries with locus connection   4493


GeneModel correction progress WS112 -> WS113
-----------------------------------------
Confirmed introns not is a CDS gene model;

		+----------+--------+
		|  Introns | Change |
		+----------+--------+
Cambridge	|     688  |     7  |
St Louis 	|     415  |   -17  |
		+---------+--------+


Members of known repeat families that overlap predicted exons;

		+----------+--------+
		| Families | Change |
		+----------+--------+
Cambridge	|       0  |     0  |
St Louis 	|      33  |     1  |
		+----------+--------+



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

No synchronisation issues with regard to DNA. A small number of CDS prediction
problems {C04A2|C04F5|C56E6|F53F4|T13C2}


There are no gaps remaining in the genome sequence
--------------------------------------------------
For more info mail [email protected]

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

Re-analysis of TSL/Oligo cap Feature_data, (removal of false positives and incorporation of new data).

Transcripts are masked (a la repeatmasker) to remove TSL sequences, etc. This will be extended
to include polyA+ tails from mRNAs for the next release.

mos insertion alleles from Laurent Segalat

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

Corrected script which connects ?Microarray_results to genes/transcripts/loci.


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

No BlastX/P data for the new segment VB0395L, (lag period for ensembl analysis).


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


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

BlastX/P data for the new segment VB0395L.

Re-analysis of small protein-coding genes (krb)

Removal of polyA+ tails from mRNA sequences prior to BLAT analysis.

Mechanism for removing transcripts from the BLAT analysis (e.g. all those ESTs which
map to the rRNA cluster).

-===================================================================================-


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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