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-
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