To whom this concerns, I have been reviewing information about the selected cell types for both the ENCODE project and its pilot project. On the page for the pilot project, in reference to the selection of the GM06990 cells, it reads
"2. GM06990, an Epstein-Barr virus-transformed B-lymphocyte from the Utah CEPH collection was chosen as a representative lymphoblastoid cell line. These cells have a normal karyotype and can be stimulated with mitogens to activate signal transduction pathways that involve the activation of well studied genes in the ENCODE target regions. More information on the properties and the use of this cell line is available at Coriell Cell Repositories [locus.umdnj.edu]. " I recognize that this is not on the UCSC site, but I am hoping you might be able to help, regardless. My question is, what mitogens are being referred to, here (This information was not found on the Coriell website)? Also, is there a place where I could find out which submitters used stimulated or unstimulated GM06990 cell lines without going through each submission individually? Thank you very much, Rebecca Roche Pickin, PhD Postdoctoral Research Associate University of Virginia Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Jordan Hall Box 800733 Charlottesville, VA 22908 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lab phone: 434.924.2370 _______________________________________________ Genome maillist - [email protected] http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/mailman/listinfo/genome
