Subject: RE: update question Beverley, Attached is a Word file containing the cDNA sequence of cranky with splice sites, ORF, and terminator codon listed (fastA format sequence also included at bottom). The sequence is from the genomic sequence AC008210, and not the cDNA clone sequence, which was derived by RT-PCR from y w embryos \- there were no substantial differences. It is likely that both the 5'-end and 3'-end of the sequence are shorter than the full-length mRNA. In particular, when we primed cDNA with oligo(dT), we seemed to be priming from an internal genomic poly(A) stretch. 5'-RACE has not been successful. As you will see, cranky includes CG14554, CG12561 exon 2 (but not 1 and 3), CG14553 exon 2 (but not 1 and 3), and CG14552 exons 1-4. Cranky exons 3-4 were not predicted by Genie. .. Steve \------------------------------------------------ Stephen Crews Professor The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Department of Biochemistry/PMBB CB#3280 Fordham Hall Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280 \------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LOCUS Cranky cDNA 2710 bp DNA 5-JAN-2002 COMMENTS 5'-end and 3'-ends are likely to be incomplete (oligo(dT)-primed cDNA seems to be primed from genomic poly(A) stretch); position of initiator methionine (if present) is unknown. The sequence below is derived from (and identical to) genomic sequence AC008210. ORGANISM Drosophila melanogaster COMMENT AUTHORNAME|Lan Jiang, Stephen Crews| COMMENT AUTHORAD1|UNC-Chapel Hill| FEATURES Location/Qualifiers exon 1..357 exon 358..539 exon 540..610 exon 611..700 exon 701..1000 exon 1001..1185 exon 1186..1292 exon 1293..1446 exon 1447..2710 terminator 2660..2662 ORF 2..2659 BASE COUNT 707 a 812 c 642 g 549 t ORIGIN 1 acgtgcgatc gacgatatgt atgcggataa taaacgtggc ctagacaagg tgacggcagc 61 aaccccgccc acccacgccc tccagcagca gcagcagcag caacatcccc accagcagca 121 gcagcatctg cagcatgtcc tgcaactgca gcagcaacag cagcaacacc ttcagcagca 181 gcaacatcac ttgcagcacc agatgcatac gcatcataac ttccagcagc atgaaacgtc 241 gccaacagtg tcgcagcagc agcacatgca acagcagcag ccgcagacga cacaacagca 301 acatgcaaca cagcaacagc agcagcaaca gcaacagaca gccggcatgt ttacaagatt 361 cgatgcaaac aaatcgacga agggcgcctc gaagatgcga cgcgatctca taaatgcgga 421 gatagccaat ctgagggatc tcctgccgct gccccaatcg acgcgccagc gcctctcgca 481 actgcaactg atggccctcg tttgtgtcta tgtgcggaaa gccaactact tccagcaagt 541 tttcaaacgt cacaatgcga tgcatcatct ccatcatcag acagcaacac caaatattgg 601 cttctcaaag gcactctccg gcttcttgat gatgctcaca caaaatggca aattgcttta 661 tatatcggat aatgctgcgg agtacttggg ccattccatg gaggatctgc tgatacacgg 721 tgactccgtt tacgatatca ttgacaaaca ggatcacgca aacatccagg ccgagctgaa 781 taggaacgtg ccaccgcagc cgggtggctc gagtcaggcg agcagcggtg gtgccggtgg 841 tgctggcggt gccggcgact caacgtccag caatggaagt gccgctggtg ccggtggtgc 901 tggtggcgcc tccagtctcg agggcgagca tcgcatgttc ctctgtcgca tgaatgttag 961 ccgcaatgcg cgacggcaaa tgcgtttcgg cgatcagaag gttgtcttgg tccagggtca 1021 ctatttgtca ttcctgccgc tttgcagtcg caacgagccc gtctttttgg ccacctgcac 1081 tccgattgcc atgcccgaaa ccagggagtg tgttgtacaa ggtgccacca acgtcttcac 1141 caccatccat tcaatggaca tgaaaatagc ccatatcgat aaaaatggcg aatttcattt 1201 gggctatgat aagtcgactc tgcaaggcac atcctggtac aatctgatcc acagcgataa 1261 tctgacggag gcgcaaaaaa aacacagttt aattatccaa tcggaacaag atcgcagttg 1321 tatccttcta gtacgaatgc agagatctag tggggaatac acgtgggtac acgtggtttt 1381 acaagtgcga gatagtcccg actccacgca acaacctgtt atcgtgtgca caaaccaagt 1441 actcaacgat cgagaggcct caattatgct ggccaactcc tggctgtatc actactatac 1501 cgtccagtcg aagatccagt tcggcatgcc gctggacagt ggtatccgtg tcccaccggg 1561 aactccctcc agcggctact acagtcccca ttcatcccat ccaccggcca ctccaggtgg 1621 tgcaacaccc aatttgggca tagccagtag ctttggcccg caccatcatc cacaccactc 1681 gcaccacccg caccaccatc atcaccatca ccatccggcg actgcttacc atcaccatcc 1741 gcatatggga acctatggtg gagtctatca tgcgaaggca gcaatcgagc ttaaggagga 1801 tcaaccgctg ttttgctttc aagagcccgt ggactatagc caagtaaata gccacgttaa 1861 tcctccgaat gcaacaagta ctcccaatcc gcctatctcc aaatcgtcca cgcccccacc 1921 gcccaagaag cgggctcgaa aactggaacc actctactta cacgccgaac gctctccggc 1981 ggcggcgata actccggaac cggattgcta tgccatccat actcatccgg ctgctgccta 2041 tgccacctca tcggtggtca gtagtgatgc ttcagttata tatgccacaa tagtgccgac 2101 gagaccgagg ttacccaata aatcactgcc tccggatcct gcggatttta tagagcaatg 2161 gaaccccagt ccaccctggt cggaatcggc gcaaaaggct tcgttggata gttttggatc 2221 ctcccacgag ctgagtccct gcatcacgac cacgcccccc acgcccacaa gtgctacacc 2281 gcatcaaagt ggcttgggca ccacccagac cataggacct gctttcagtt ttgaatggat 2341 gtcagatcct ttggtaccgg tcacgtacca gcagtggcca ccaactggtg accatcatca 2401 gcatctttcg cagcacttaa gccagagtca aaaccaccaa aatcccctcc agcagcagca 2461 gaacgagcag cttctacttg gacaacagcc gcatctccac cagcagcacc agcacttagc 2521 acttcatcat ggacgtgggg agcactccct ggagggggaa agtcaggggg tggtggtagt 2581 gccaccgata cccatttcga taccgatacc aacggccacg ggccatgggg atgccggcga 2641 accggttgag gatagaggtt agtattaagt gtgtattgtt ttttaagttt ctggcacgat 2701 ttccaaaaaa // fastA >cranky.cDNA acgtgcgatcgacgatatgtatgcggataataaacgtggcctagacaaggtgacggcagcaaccccgccc acccacgccctccagcagcagcagcagcagcaacatccccaccagcagcagcagcatctgcagcatgtcc tgcaactgcagcagcaacagcagcaacaccttcagcagcagcaacatcacttgcagcaccagatgcatac gcatcataacttccagcagcatgaaacgtcgccaacagtgtcgcagcagcagcacatgcaacagcagcag ccgcagacgacacaacagcaacatgcaacacagcaacagcagcagcaacagcaacagacagccggcatgt ttacaagattcgatgcaaacaaatcgacgaagggcgcctcgaagatgcgacgcgatctcataaatgcgga gatagccaatctgagggatctcctgccgctgccccaatcgacgcgccagcgcctctcgcaactgcaactg atggccctcgtttgtgtctatgtgcggaaagccaactacttccagcaagttttcaaacgtcacaatgcga tgcatcatctccatcatcagacagcaacaccaaatattggcttctcaaaggcactctccggcttcttgat gatgctcacacaaaatggcaaattgctttatatatcggataatgctgcggagtacttgggccattccatg gaggatctgctgatacacggtgactccgtttacgatatcattgacaaacaggatcacgcaaacatccagg ccgagctgaataggaacgtgccaccgcagccgggtggctcgagtcaggcgagcagcggtggtgccggtgg tgctggcggtgccggcgactcaacgtccagcaatggaagtgccgctggtgccggtggtgctggtggcgcc tccagtctcgagggcgagcatcgcatgttcctctgtcgcatgaatgttagccgcaatgcgcgacggcaaa tgcgtttcggcgatcagaaggttgtcttggtccagggtcactatttgtcattcctgccgctttgcagtcg caacgagcccgtctttttggccacctgcactccgattgccatgcccgaaaccagggagtgtgttgtacaa ggtgccaccaacgtcttcaccaccatccattcaatggacatgaaaatagcccatatcgataaaaatggcg aatttcatttgggctatgataagtcgactctgcaaggcacatcctggtacaatctgatccacagcgataa tctgacggaggcgcaaaaaaaacacagtttaattatccaatcggaacaagatcgcagttgtatccttcta gtacgaatgcagagatctagtggggaatacacgtgggtacacgtggttttacaagtgcgagatagtcccg actccacgcaacaacctgttatcgtgtgcacaaaccaagtactcaacgatcgagaggcctcaattatgct ggccaactcctggctgtatcactactataccgtccagtcgaagatccagttcggcatgccgctggacagt ggtatccgtgtcccaccgggaactccctccagcggctactacagtccccattcatcccatccaccggcca ctccaggtggtgcaacacccaatttgggcatagccagtagctttggcccgcaccatcatccacaccactc gcaccacccgcaccaccatcatcaccatcaccatccggcgactgcttaccatcaccatccgcatatggga acctatggtggagtctatcatgcgaaggcagcaatcgagcttaaggaggatcaaccgctgttttgctttc aagagcccgtggactatagccaagtaaatagccacgttaatcctccgaatgcaacaagtactcccaatcc gcctatctccaaatcgtccacgcccccaccgcccaagaagcgggctcgaaaactggaaccactctactta cacgccgaacgctctccggcggcggcgataactccggaaccggattgctatgccatccatactcatccgg ctgctgcctatgccacctcatcggtggtcagtagtgatgcttcagttatatatgccacaatagtgccgac gagaccgaggttacccaataaatcactgcctccggatcctgcggattttatagagcaatggaaccccagt ccaccctggtcggaatcggcgcaaaaggcttcgttggatagttttggatcctcccacgagctgagtccct gcatcacgaccacgccccccacgcccacaagtgctacaccgcatcaaagtggcttgggcaccacccagac cataggacctgctttcagttttgaatggatgtcagatcctttggtaccggtcacgtaccagcagtggcca ccaactggtgaccatcatcagcatctttcgcagcacttaagccagagtcaaaaccaccaaaatcccctcc agcagcagcagaacgagcagcttctacttggacaacagccgcatctccaccagcagcaccagcacttagc acttcatcatggacgtggggagcactccctggagggggaaagtcagggggtggtggtagtgccaccgata cccatttcgataccgataccaacggccacgggccatggggatgccggcgaaccggttgaggatagaggtt agtattaagtgtgtattgttttttaagtttctggcacgatttccaaaaaa \-------------------------------------------------------------------------------