Hello Bob, The ESTs in the UCSC Genome Browser come directly from NCBI. If they align to the reference genome using BLAT, we display them in the track (see the Tetraodon ESTs track description for details). If the EST has not been deposited at GenBank, it will not appear in our EST tracks.
One suggestion for looking for ESTs related to MBP is to enter "myelin basic protein" or "MBP" (without the quotes) in the position/search box on the tetraodon browser. When I try this, I see several hits in the "Other mRNAs" track. You could go to these regions and turn on the "Tetraodon ESTs" track to see if any ESTs from GenBank align in the same region. This would perhaps find tetraodon ESTs that are similar to MBP but not annotated as such. Otherwise, I suggest a literature search. If ESTs related to MBP have been published and deposited in GenBank with an accession number, you can enter the accession in the tetraodon Genome Browser to see if/where it aligns to the tetraodon genome. Good luck with your research. -- Brooke Rhead UCSC Genome Bioinformatics Group Robert Gould wrote: > I am interested in ESTs that are related to myelin basic protein in > pufferfish. There is no MBP gene model and the BLAT search Does not seem > to uncover any ESTs. If these are not kept at UCSC and they are not at > NCBI, where would I find them? > > Bob Gould > > _______________________________________________ > Genome maillist - [email protected] > http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/mailman/listinfo/genome _______________________________________________ Genome maillist - [email protected] http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/mailman/listinfo/genome
