Hello, I have just started to annotate the Ectocarpus genome, and I have a few comments / suggestions. Please be indulgent if they are stupid, I have just started a few hours ago! 1. PubMed ID: limited to 2 references, could this be expanded to 4 or 5 (especially useful if annotating according to orthologues from other phyla)? 2. Protein homologs: 2.a. How are the proteins ordered? Is the first one the best BLAST hit? 2.b View BLAST: works when the database is NCBI, not when it is Straminopiles (local database?) 3. ESTs: is there a way of knowing from which library (gametophyte, sporophyte, stress...) they come? Cheers, Claire Dr Claire GACHON Scottish Association for Marine Science Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory PA37 1QA Oban United Kingdom claire.gachon@sams.ac.uk Tel: 0044 16 31 559 318 Fax 0044 16 31 559 001 http://www.sams.ac.uk/ http://www.sams.ac.uk/research/departments/microbial-molecular/mmb-project-t... +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) is registered in Scotland as a Company Limited by Guarantee (SC009292) and is a registered charity (9206). There are 2 wholly owned subsidiary companies: SAMS Research Services Ltd a Limited Company (SC224404) and the European Centre for Marine Biotechnology, a Company Limited By Guarantee (SC205318). All Companies in the group are registered in Scotland and share a registered office at Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory, Oban Argyll PA37 1QA. The content of this message may contain personal views which are not the views of SAMS unless specifically stated. Please note that all email traffic is monitored for purposes of security and spam filtering. As such individual emails may be examined in more detail. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++