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Riders of the lost gene

Dan Jacobson danj at welchgate.welch.jhu.edu
Wed Jun 16 09:48:48 EST 1993


In article <1993Jun16.134141.47 at cnbvx3.cnb.uam.es> mrege at cnbvx3.cnb.uam.es writes:
>Hi, Netters,
>
>This is to report an error in the EMBL nucleic acid database.
>We are looking for the gene and protein sequence of lom, a gene from 
>bacteriophage lambda: Barondess and Beckwith (1990) 'A bacterial virulence 
>determinant encoded by lysogenic coliphage lambda' Nature, 346:871-74.
>
>The sequence we retrieved from the database was BLAMLOM  X55792, which
>has found to be the sequence of the gene 'bor', described in the same
>paper. Searching for 'bor' did not retrieve any sequence, nor lom nor bor.
>
>Please, can anyone find for us this sequence, or is it definitively lost
>in the cyberspace?
>

A quick gopher search of EMBL for: 

lom or bor 

finds the following two entries.
  

-----------

ID   BLAMLOM    standard; DNA; PHG; 326 BP.
XX
AC   X55792;
XX
DT   01-APR-1993 (Rel. 35, Created)
DT   01-APR-1993 (Rel. 35, Last updated, Version 1)
XX
DE   Bacteriophage lambda lom gene
XX
KW   envelope protein.
XX
OS   Bacteriophage lambda
OC   Viridae; ds-DNA nonenveloped viruses; Siphoviridae.
XX
RN   [1]
RP   1-326
RA   Barondess J.J., Beckwith J.;
RT   "A bacterial virulence determinant encoded by lysogenic coliphage
RT   lambda";
RL   Nature 346:871-874(1990).
XX
FH   Key             Location/Qualifiers
FH
FT   source          1..326
FT                   /organism="Bacteriophage lambda"
FT   CDS             24..317
FT                   /gene="lom"
XX
SQ   Sequence 326 BP; 104 A; 72 C; 69 G; 81 T; 0 other;
     caaaaagcat cgggaataac accatgaaaa aaatgctact cgctactgcg ctggccctgc        60
     ttattacagg atgtgctcaa cagacgttta ctgttcaaaa caaaccggca gcagtagcac       120
     caaaggaaac catcacccat catttcttcg tttctggaat tgggcagaag aaaactgtcg       180
     atgcagccaa aatttgtggc ggcgcagaaa atgttgttaa aacagaaacc cagcaaacat       240
     tcgtaaatgg attgctcggt tttattactt taggcattta tactccgctg gaagcgcgtg       300
     tgtattgctc acaataattg catgag                                            326
//


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ID   BLAMBOR    standard; DNA; PHG; 701 BP.
XX
AC   X55793;
XX
DT   01-APR-1993 (Rel. 35, Created)
DT   01-APR-1993 (Rel. 35, Last updated, Version 1)
XX
DE   Bacteriophage lambda bor gene
XX
KW   envelope protein.
XX
OS   Bacteriophage lambda
OC   Viridae; ds-DNA nonenveloped viruses; Siphoviridae.
XX
RN   [1]
RP   1-701
RA   Barondess J.J., Beckwith J.;
RT   "A bacterial virulence determinant encoded by lysogenic coliphage
RT   lambda";
RL   Nature 346:871-874(1990).
XX
FH   Key             Location/Qualifiers
FH
FT   source          1..701
FT                   /organism="Bacteriophage lambda"
FT   CDS             66..686
FT                   /gene="bor"
XX
SQ   Sequence 701 BP; 157 A; 144 C; 232 G; 168 T; 0 other;
     ctgagtgtgt tacagaggtt cgtccgggaa cgggcgtttt attataaaac agtgagaggt        60
     gaacgatgcg taatgtgtgt attgccgttg ctgtctttgc cgcacttgcg gtgacagtca       120
     ctccggcccg tgcggaaggt ggacatggta cgtttacggt gggctatttt caagtgaaac       180
     cgggtacatt gccgtcgttg tcgggcgggg ataccggtgt gagtcatctg aaagggatta       240
     acgtgaagta ccgttatgag ctgacggaca gtgtgggggt gatggcttcc ctggggttcg       300
     ccgcgtcgaa aaagagcagc acagtgatga ccggggagga tacgtttcac tatgagagcc       360
     tgcgtggacg ttatgtgagc gtgatggccg gaccggtttt acaaatcagt aagcaggtca       420
     gtgcgtacgc catggccgga gtggctcaca gtcggtggtc cggcagtaca atggattacc       480
     gtaagacgga aatcactccc gggtatatga aagagacgac cactgccagg gacgaaagtg       540
     caatgcggca tacctcagtg gcgtggagtg caggtataca gattaatccg gcagcgtccg       600
     tcgttgttga tattgcttat gaaggctccg gcagtggcga ctggcgtact gacggattca       660
     tcgttggggt cggttataaa ttctgattag ccaggtaaca c                           701
//




Best of luck,

Dan Jacobson

danj at welchgatee.welch.jhu.edu



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