As part of our contribution to the Schistosoma genome project, we will be
placing genome project and related data on the Natural History Museum's
gopher server. In time we hope that this data (plus images) will also be
accessable through the Museum's WWW server.
Due to other commitments, construction of this server is very much a "spare
time" (Ha-Ha) occupation. This means that, with the exception of DNA
sequences, we do not have the time to go hunting out the data to put
on the server. We need your cooperation and contributions to make
this server a valuable reference/contact point for the Schisto
community.
We are looking for data under the following categories:
SCHISTOSOME RESEARCH LABORATORIES AND PERSONNEL
LAB TITLE
DEPARTMENT
INSTITUTION
ADDRESS
HEAD OF LABORATORY
RESEARCH INTERESTS
TEL
FAX
EMAIL
RESEARCHER #1
<D> SPECIES AND STRAINS
<F> GENERAL INFO
<D> SCHISTOSOMA
<D> S. MANSONI
<F> separate file for each isolate containing:
STRAIN NAME
GEOGRAPHICAL ORIGIN
DATE ISOLATED
HOLDING LABORATORY
CONTACT NAME
COMMENTS
<F> ditto next isolate
<D> ditto next species
<D> SNAILS
ditto
<D> OTHER SCHISTOSOMES
ditto
<?> SEARCH FOR A STRAIN
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<D> SEQUENCE DATA
<F> GENERAL INFO containing general information on sequence entries, date last updated etc
<D> NON EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG SEQUENCE DATA
<F> single file containing genbank accession numbers and descriptions for all currently lodged sequences
<?> SEARCH FOR A SEQUENCE ENTRY BY DESCRIPTION
<D> EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG SEQUENCE DATA
<F> single file containing genbank accession numbers and descriptions for all currently lodged dbEST entries
<?> SEARCH FOR AN EST BY DESCRIPTION - to enable you to find accession numbers for sequences of interest
<D> EST DATA
<F> file containing complete dbEST entry for an EST
<F> ditto for next EST
<?> FIND EST BY ACCESSION NUMBER - to enable you to retrieve the data for that EST
NB over time this will become a huge directory with approx 1 page of info for each EST (currently approx 800 and rising daily!)
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<D> LIBRARIES
<F> GENERAL INFO
<F> separate file for each library containing:
SPECIES
TYPE - genomic, cDNA etc
SOURCE - species, stage of life cycle etc
VECTOR
HOST
HOLDING LABORATORY
CONTACT NAME
NOTES
<F> ditto for next library
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<D> PHYSICAL MAPPING DATA
<F> GENERAL INFO
<D> EST-YAC HYBRIDISATION DATA
<F> single file containing for every EST:
dbEST ACCESSION NUMBER
PUTATIVE IDENTITY
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER(S) OF YAC(S) IT HYBRIDISES TO
RESEARCHER MAKING ASSIGNMENT
NOTES
<?> SEARCH FOR DATA FOR AN EST OR YAC eg which YAC does an EST hybridise to or which ESTs hybridise to a particular YAC
<D> YAC-CHROMOSOME HYBRIDISATION DATA
<F> single file containing, for each YAC:
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
CHROMOSOME NUMBER
POSITION ON CHROMOSOME
RESEARCHER MAKING ASSIGNMENT
NOTES
<?> SEARCH FOR DATA FOR A YAC OR CHROMOSOME eg which chromosome does a YAC hybridise to? or what YACs are on a particular chromosome _______________________________________________________________________________
DAJ
David A. Johnston
Research Fellow,
Dept of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road,
South Kensington, London SW7 5BD. England
(tel 071 9389297, fax 071 9388754, email daj at nhm.ac.uk)
