The WS116 release will be delayed until the first week of January due
to extensive data model changes and the need for full testing.
CisOrtho, a orthologue-based transcription factor finder, is up for testing
C. briggsae Sequence Paper in PLoS
The
Genome Sequence of Caenorhabiditis briggsae: A Platform for
Comparative Genomics, by Lincoln Stein et al., has been
published in PLoS. Also see a
Synopsis in the same issue, and related articles published in The
Scientist (1, 2), Genome Biology (Gupta and
Sternberg), and Nature.
Initial Mos insertions now available
849 Mos-derived transposon insertions generated in the laboratory of
Laurent Segalat are now available on the Genome
Browser and on individual Allele
pages.
UCSC C. elegans family browser available
The University of California at Santa Cruz announces a protein
family browser capable of finding genes based on their genomic
proximity, their protein similarity, or the similarity of their
expression profiles.