The FB2007_01 release


	Dear Drosophila Community Colleagues: FlyBase is pleased to release FB2007_01, which provides an updated set of gene annotations, new data curated from the literature, new images and new and updated stock lists, and resolves many of the problems present in FB2006_01. Of special note, thanks to a collaboration with the BDGP and DHGP, FB2007_01 includes Drosophila melanogaster genome Release_5.2, which is the first nonredundant release of the D. melanogaster euchromatin and heterochromatin assemblies and annotations. For specific details of the changes introduced with FB2007_01 please see the release notes. We are aware that some problems still exist, and we welcome your feedback if you find a mistake on the web pages. A link to the list of known problems is provided at bottom of the page. With this release we are introducing new versions of QueryBuilder and the "Field Data" option of the Batch Download By ID tool. Both of these programs now list a set of options closely corresponding to the fields present on the report pages, and we hope this will make them much easier to use. We have also revised the QueryBuilder interface so that common operations can be performed within a single window. In addition, the list of results produced by QuickSearch now offers you the chance to analyse your search results for the frequency of common data. For example, you can list the results of a gene search by the frequency of shared GO molecular function terms. The "HitList Conversion Tools" button, found above a list of search results, has also been updated to allow you to export your list of results to QueryBuilder and refine your query by adding additional search criteria. There have also been a few small changes to the web pages. In the polypeptide reports we have added values for the molecular weight and pI, and in the transcript reports we have added a measure of confidence for each transcript. The criteria used to generate these confidence scores are described in detail in the reference manual. We hope you enjoy working with FB2007_01 and look forward to your input. Sincerely, Your colleagues at FlyBase Known Bugs For the latest list see the known problems page

Dear Drosophila Community Colleagues:

FlyBase is pleased to release FB2007_01, which provides an updated set of gene annotations, new data curated from the literature, new images and new and updated stock lists, and resolves many of the problems present in FB2006_01. Of special note, thanks to a collaboration with the BDGP and DHGP, FB2007_01 includes Drosophila melanogaster genome Release_5.2, which is the first nonredundant release of the D. melanogaster euchromatin and heterochromatin assemblies and annotations. For specific details of the changes introduced with FB2007_01 please see the release notes. We are aware that some problems still exist, and we welcome your feedback if you find a mistake on the web pages. A link to the list of known problems is provided at bottom of the page.

With this release we are introducing new versions of QueryBuilder and the "Field Data" option of the Batch Download By ID tool. Both of these programs now list a set of options closely corresponding to the fields present on the report pages, and we hope this will make them much easier to use. We have also revised the QueryBuilder interface so that common operations can be performed within a single window. In addition, the list of results produced by QuickSearch now offers you the chance to analyse your search results for the frequency of common data. For example, you can list the results of a gene search by the frequency of shared GO molecular function terms. The "HitList Conversion Tools" button, found above a list of search results, has also been updated to allow you to export your list of results to QueryBuilder and refine your query by adding additional search criteria.

There have also been a few small changes to the web pages. In the polypeptide reports we have added values for the molecular weight and pI, and in the transcript reports we have added a measure of confidence for each transcript. The criteria used to generate these confidence scores are described in detail in the reference manual.

We hope you enjoy working with FB2007_01 and look forward to your input.

Sincerely,

Your colleagues at FlyBase

Known Bugs

For the latest list see the known problems page