Hmm, seems that I forgot to include the PIR mailserver in my list of ways to access sequences. The following search would retrieve the desired sequences from the PIR mailserver. USE BASES EMBL+EMBLSUP+GBNEW QUERY TITLE FATTY ACID SYNTHASE SPECIES RAT GET ALL END QUERY Kudos go to John Garavelli for jogging my (failing) memory cells. Dan Jacobson