steffen@raven.bcm.tmc.edu (David Steffen) (10/11/90)
A few weeks ago, I posted to these groups a request for any lists of oncogenes that any of you might be keeping on your computers. (I am writing a review on oncogenes and am trying to assemble an exhaustive list.) I received four replies; two requests for my final, collated list, and two results of searches of computer databases. I very much appreciate the thoughtfulness and effort which went into the latter, but this is not really what I needed. As part of this review we are doing some rather exhaustive searches of electronic databases of our own. Unfortunately, such searches usually come up short. To help fill in gaps I was looking for liveware-produced lists. It is well that these searches were not what I was looking for because I promptly lost them (blush). One was provided by Rob Harper, whose name I see often and thus remembered. For the other, I have not even the name of the provider. I will not bore you with how my stupidity coupled with the ruthless and merciless efficiency of unix to produce this failure, but merely to apologize to Rob and my un-named benefactor for my lapse. My final database will be made available in some electronic form, probably ftp-able from willing server(s) "to be named" in addition to appearing in print. In addition, I will mail my final list to those who requested it. I have decided to limit further discussions of this topic to bionet.molbio.bio-matrix as the most appropriate group; interested folks who are reading this on bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts should be so advised. Any of you with your personal oncogene lists, I would still be tickled pink to receive them! -David Steffen- INTERNET: steffen@mbir.bcm.tmc.edu Voice: (713) 798-6655 FAX: (713) 790-0545 USMail: Department of Cell Biology Baylor College of Medicine Houston, Texas 77030