Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!uunet!snorkelwacker!ira.uka.de!sun1.ruf.uni-freiburg.de!rak From: rak@sun1.ruf.uni-freiburg.de (Bodo Rak) Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.genbank Subject: Re: accession no. won't return sequence Message-ID: <1990Oct13.182523.9131@sun1.ruf.uni-freiburg.de> Date: 13 Oct 90 18:25:23 GMT References: <1990Oct12.164624.1@rsbs0.anu.oz> Organization: Rechenzentrum der Universitaet Freiburg, Deutschland Lines: 36 jjw@rsbs0.anu.oz@ writes: >I've got a problem. (No flames please!) I am trying to obtain a >sequence, the accession number of which is given in a recent paper (PNAS >vol 87, pp5397-5401, by Feiler and Jacobs). The paper states that the >sequence had been deposited in the GenBank data base and an accesion number >was given, X53035. I have tried with no success to obtain the sequence from > and from the EMBL server - deleted - >newauthor index; again no joy. Can anybody out there help me? I would realy >like to get hold of this sequence and the inability to get it from the >servers using a published accession number is realy bugging me. A few days ago I had the same problem with two sequences that had been published in September and July, respectively and found a fast and efficient solution: I sent a short note to DATALIB@EMBL.BITNET, in which I explained my problem. A few hours later both sequences were available from the EMBL file server. I could imagine that we all could support the people at EMBL and GENBANK who must be trying hard to find out which of the submitted sequences have indeed finally made it to a publication by giving them this kind of feedback. Regards, Bodo Rak ******************************************************** Dept. of Genetics University D-7800 Freiburg - FRG RAK@RUF.UNI-FREIBURG.DBP.DE ********************************************************