> From: t.j.keen at leeds.ac.uk (T. Jeffrey Keen)
> Subject: removing trailing A's
> Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 00:56:27 +0100 (BST)
> Wouldn't it generally be an improvement to the nucleotide databases, if
> the poly-A tails which appear on many cDNA entries were removed?
>> Just a thought
>> Jeffrey Keen
Jeffrey,
we actually used to do this in GenBank (aka DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank), but we
don't anymore as no benefit is really derived from this, and
information is actually lost.
Having a poly_A tail is information in clearly saying (in the sequence
as information) "the message ends here". This is used in a variety of
places such as Unigene, and is useful for users to include in their
submissions.
The question would be: why do you think it would be an improvement?
f.
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