Further info on Help needed with a plasmid

[friedman at mbcl.rutgers.edu]

My original posting

>We recently received a plasmid for which we have no information.  The plasmid,
>we are interested in studying.  However, due to the lack of sequence info or a
>restriction map of this plasmid, we are kind of stuck.  There is no mention of
>this in any databank we have available.  Does anybody know anything about this
>plasmid?

>Please e-mail to
>Friedman at mbcl.rutgers.edu

>Thanks
>Rich Friedman


I was didn't notice that after the pasting of the text into the news group, the
plasmid name was left off.  The plasmid is pW8. It is apparently a P-element
vector used for inserting DNA into the genome of Drosophila melanogaster.