[annotation] IMP doc still needs update

Rama Balakrishnan rama at genome.Stanford.EDU
Thu Sep 27 10:16:46 PDT 2007


I know. Sorry this is taking so long.
I will work on the document asap.

rama


On Sep 27, 2007, at 8:18 AM, Doug Howe wrote:

> Our curators continue to be mislead by the IMP evidence code  
> documentation. The second bullet states that the following is  
> acceptable usage for IMP.
>
> Overexpression/ectopic expression of wild-type or mutant genes
>
> I think we have all agreed for the better part of a year now that  
> we use IDA when a wild-type mRNA is introduced into a cell (for  
> example) and something is deduced from the effect of this.   In  
> contrast we use IMP when a mutant mRNA, inlcuding a constitutively  
> active mutant mRNA, is introduced into a cell.
>
> Can I make one final plea that this doc be updated ASAP to reduce  
> curator confusion.....pleeeeeeaase??
>
> Many thanks,
>   Doug




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