Gene or accession: CG8276 cDNA or EST error Comments: The full length cDNA for bin3 has been obtained using 5' RACE. The data has not deposited into Genbank. There are two isoforms for bin3 that is very likely to result from two promoter activity and alternative splicing as well. Thus bin3 has two different 5' UTRs. The sequence in Genbank is just the common sequence between these two different isoforms. Distal 5' UTR 1 TGAG TTGTAAGTGT TTTCTTGCAG GAGACTGACG CAATTATTAG 44 45 AGCTCCGCGA ACGGAATCAT ATTTTACGGT TTTTTTTTTT TTTATCAAGA GTGTGGCGAA TTTAATCGGC AACAACGAAA 124 125 CGAAAAGTGA AAACAAAGTT CAAGTCGCCA CTGAGCAATC GTGGGGCTTT CTGGGCGACT CTTGCAGGGT ACATCTCAAC 224 Proximal 5' UTR 1 AAACCCGCGA CGCATTCGGA CTTCAAGCAA GAGTCCGCTT TGCCGAGATA TAAAATTAAT AACGAGATCG AGTACCAGCT 80 81 GCACACAGTG GAAATGAGAA AAGACCGACG GCAAAACAAT AGAACACACC CGATTAGTCG TGCGTAACCG ATTGACTAAA 160 161 GCACGGGGCA GAGTCGATAG AAAAAATATA CAGTTTTAAA GCGCTTAATT AGGTGTTTTC TAACGTTGGT ACATCTCAAC 240 241 GGAGTGGATA ACGAGAAGAG TGAAGGGAGG AGAACCATTG GCAAGAACAT ACTCACCAAA ATGGATAATT TCGATAAAAT 320 321 ATTTAACAGT GAAAGTGAAA ACGGTTGAAG TTTTAAAATA AAAAGAAATA ACTCGTACGC CAAAGGATGC AATATTAAGT 400 For details, see Wencheng Zhu Ph.D dissertation, Appendix, SUNY-Albany. Mentor: Dr. Steven D. Hanes. If you have any more questions, please contact me.