[Annotation] [Evidence] Fwd: ISS/ISA from Southerns?

Stacia Engel stacia at genome.stanford.edu
Thu Jun 5 15:57:53 PDT 2008


yes, very good.  the documentation also says this:
"The NAS evidence code should be used in all cases where the author  
makes a statement that a curator wants to capture but for which there  
are neither results presented nor a specific reference cited in the  
source used to make the annotation."

see http://www.geneontology.org/GO.evidence.shtml#nas

There are results presented from a Southern hybridization, so NAS  
still doesn't make sense in this case.

i'm not sure what the right answer is, but i don't think NAS is it.



stacia


On Jun 5, 2008, at 3:50 PM, Karen Christie wrote:

>
> Our new documentation for the distinction between TAS and NAS is  
> very simple. If they cite another paper, it is TAS. If it isn't  
> tracable to another publication, then it isn't TAS.
>
> Here's what we have on the web in the current documentation:
>
> TAS
> Any statement in an article where the original evidence  
> (experimental results, sequence comparison, etc.) is not directly  
> shown, but is referenced in the article and therefore can be traced  
> to another source.
>
> NAS
> Statements in papers (abstract, introduction, or discussion) that a  
> curator cannot trace to another publication
>
> -Karen
>
>
> On Thu, 5 Jun 2008, Stacia Engel wrote:
>
>> I agree that it should be TAS with the paper that does the  
>> Southern.  NAS doesn't make much sense.
>>
>> stacia
>>
>>
>> On Jun 5, 2008, at 3:37 PM, MICHELLE GIGLIO wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> Should we explore the option of expanding the scope of IPI?  A  
>>> Southern is an experiment that looks for a physical interaction.
>>> But if folks don't want to do that, then I think it would be TAS,  
>>> not NAS. It is traceable to the Southern.
>>> Michelle
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: annotation-bounces at genome.stanford.edu on behalf of Karen  
>>> Christie
>>> Sent: Thu 6/5/2008 4:53 PM
>>> To: Pascale Gaudet
>>> Cc: GO Annotation list; Julie Park; evidence at genome.stanford.edu
>>> Subject: Re: [Annotation] [Evidence]   Fwd:  ISS/ISA from Southerns?
>>> How could we cite SGD? We didn't do any sequence similarity  
>>> comparisons.
>>> Also, why do you think the Southern evidence is dubious? High  
>>> stringency
>>> Southerns are actually quite strong evidence.
>>> -Karen
>>> On Thu, 5 Jun 2008, Pascale Gaudet wrote:
>>>> Another suggestion: How about making the annotation citing SGD  
>>>> rather than the paper? Is the sequence similarity good enough to  
>>>> do that?
>>>> It seems to me that Southern evidence is pretty dubious anyway,  
>>>> I know it's nice to capture all information we can get from  
>>>> papers, but that seems
>>>> rather low quality?
>>>> Pascale
>>>> Julie Park wrote:
>>>>       Thanks all for your input.
>>>> Unfortunately there is no other evidence for these annotations  
>>>> and all subsequent papers that discuss these genes reference the  
>>>> original Southern
>>>> experiments.
>>>> The curators here agree with Emily's reasoning for not using  
>>>> EXP.  We also are against using IPI.  Since both interacting  
>>>> parties are DNA
>>>> molecules and not gene products it is both misleading and non- 
>>>> compliant with the IPI criteria.
>>>> We at SGD have decided that given the changes to the ISS  
>>>> evidence code, we'll change these annotations to use the  
>>>> evidence code NAS and still use
>>>> the Southern paper as the reference.
>>>> Thanks again,
>>>> -Julie
>>>>
>>>>             From: Emily Dimmer <edimmer at ebi.ac.uk>
>>>> Date: June 5, 2008 4:56:56 AM PDT
>>>> To: Evidence Code Group <evidence at genome.stanford.edu>
>>>> Cc: GO Annotation list <annotation at genome.stanford.edu>
>>>> Subject: Re: [Evidence] [Annotation]  Fwd:  ISS/ISA from Southerns?
>>>> I like the idea of using IPI.
>>>> At the moment all experimental annotations should be able to be  
>>>> described by one of the child codes of EXP, the only annotations
>>>> which directly use this code are those which do meet the  
>>>> criteria of the child experimental codes, but cannot be  
>>>> retrofitted by the
>>>> submitting group.
>>>> It might be nice to keep it this way, rather than allow EXP to  
>>>> be used for undocumented experimental methods -  otherwise EXP  
>>>> could
>>>> potentially end up as a dumping ground for a diverse range of  
>>>> annotations where the curator is not sure which of the child
>>>> experimental codes is appropriate.
>>>> Emily
>>>> Judith Blake wrote:
>>>>       I agree too.  This is too far from ISS as now employed.
>>>>
>>>>       aren't these from older papers?  Isn't there better  
>>>> evidence available now?  if so, why include them?  if not, what  
>>>> about
>>>>       EXP?
>>>>
>>>>       judy
>>>>
>>>>       MICHELLE GIGLIO wrote:
>>>>
>>>>             Hi Rama,
>>>>
>>>>             I agree with Susan.  I am reluctant to add this back  
>>>> to ISS. However, I don't know where it would go
>>>>             instead.
>>>>
>>>>             If it does come back to the ISS family (if we can  
>>>> not think of another alternative) then it definitely can
>>>>             NOT go under ISA as there is no alignment in this  
>>>> situation. It would have to be plain ISS.  (But I still
>>>>             don't like it there.)
>>>>
>>>>             Could it possibly be an IPI?
>>>>
>>>>             Michelle
>>>>
>>>>             -----Original Message-----
>>>>
>>>>             From: evidence-bounces at genome.stanford.edu on behalf  
>>>> of Susan Tweedie
>>>>
>>>>             Sent: Wed 6/4/2008 5:17 AM
>>>>
>>>>             To: Rama Balakrishnan
>>>>
>>>>             Cc: Evidence Code Group; GO Annotation list
>>>>
>>>>             Subject: Re: [Evidence] Fwd:  ISS/ISA from Southerns?
>>>>
>>>>             One thing we'd have to consider if we added this  
>>>> (back?) to ISS is that
>>>>
>>>>             the new classification of evidence codes groups ISS,  
>>>> ISA etc as
>>>>
>>>>             'computational analysis evidence codes' - that  
>>>> wouldn't be strictly true
>>>>
>>>>             if Southerns were included.
>>>>
>>>>             I am uneasy about mixing together cases where the  
>>>> sequence is known with
>>>>
>>>>             those that aren't - no review of the evidence is  
>>>> possible in the latter
>>>>
>>>>             case. Personally, I would be reluctant to make an  
>>>> annotation based on a
>>>>
>>>>             cross-hybridisation expt but maybe I just remember  
>>>> too many spurious
>>>>
>>>>             bands from my time in the lab.
>>>>
>>>>             Are there really that many cases these days where  
>>>> sequencing is so
>>>>
>>>>             stnadard where this is the only evidence to support  
>>>> a term? Maybe I'm
>>>>
>>>>             just spolit working on a species with complete  
>>>> genome sequence...
>>>>
>>>>             Cheers,
>>>>
>>>>             Susan
>>>>
>>>>             On Tue, 2008-06-03 at 12:05 -0700, Rama Balakrishnan  
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>             > I haven't heard from anybody on this so far. Is it  
>>>> okay if we add
>>>>
>>>>             > 'southern analysis' as an acceptable evidence to  
>>>> the ISS
>>>>
>>>>             > documentation?
>>>>
>>>>             >
>>>>
>>>>             >
>>>>
>>>>             > Thanks,
>>>>
>>>>             >
>>>>
>>>>             >
>>>>
>>>>             > Rama
>>>>
>>>>             >
>>>>
>>>>             >
>>>>
>>>>             > Begin forwarded message:
>>>>
>>>>             >
>>>>
>>>>             > > From: Rama Balakrishnan <rama at genome.stanford.edu>
>>>>
>>>>             > > Date: May 9, 2008 5:18:06 PM PDT
>>>>
>>>>             > > To: Evidence Code Group  
>>>> <evidence at genome.stanford.edu>
>>>>
>>>>             > > Cc: GO Annotation list  
>>>> <annotation at genome.stanford.edu>
>>>>
>>>>             > > Subject: [Evidence] ISS/ISA from Southerns?
>>>>
>>>>             > >
>>>>
>>>>             > >
>>>>
>>>>             > > Reposting...
>>>>
>>>>             > > I am dealing with a similar situation like the  
>>>> one Julie has
>>>>
>>>>             > > mentioned below.
>>>>
>>>>             > >
>>>>
>>>>             > >
>>>>
>>>>             > > Thanks,
>>>>
>>>>             > >
>>>>
>>>>             > >
>>>>
>>>>             > > Rama
>>>>
>>>>             > >
>>>>
>>>>             > >
>>>>
>>>>             > > Begin forwarded message:
>>>>
>>>>             > > > From: Julie Park <juliep at genome.stanford.edu>
>>>>
>>>>             > > > Date: April 23, 2008 3:57:22 PM PDT
>>>>
>>>>             > > > To: evidence at genome.stanford.edu
>>>>
>>>>             > > > Subject: [Evidence] ISS/ISA from Southerns?
>>>>
>>>>             > > >
>>>>
>>>>             > > >
>>>>
>>>>             > > > Dear evidence code group,
>>>>
>>>>             > > >
>>>>
>>>>             > > > I had a question about whether Southern  
>>>> analysis alone can be used
>>>>
>>>>             > > > as > > > evidence for an annotation.
>>>>
>>>>             > > >
>>>>
>>>>             > > > In S. cerevisiae, MEL2-10 are annotated by ISS to
>>>>
>>>>             > > > alpha-galactosidase > > > activity.  There is  
>>>> no sequence alignment or information (older > > >
>>>>             literature, pre-genome sequencing), instead the  
>>>> authors infer
>>>>
>>>>             > > > homology/
>>>>
>>>>             > > > sequence similarity from a Southern  
>>>> hybridization using a MEL1
>>>>
>>>>             > > > probe.  > > > Southern analysis was listed in  
>>>> the old ISS documentation but the
>>>>
>>>>             > > > only > > > mention of Southerns in the new  
>>>> documentation is under ISA in > > > conjunction with a
>>>>             sequence alignment.
>>>>
>>>>             > > >
>>>>
>>>>             > > > Is ISS by Southern only no longer allowed or  
>>>> did it just get left
>>>>
>>>>             > > > out > > > of the current documentation?
>>>>
>>>>             > > > If allowed, would I leave these annotations as  
>>>> ISS or would it be
>>>>
>>>>             > > > okay > > > to ISA w/ MEL1?
>>>>
>>>>             > > >
>>>>
>>>>             > > > thanks,
>>>>
>>>>             > > > Julie
>>>>
>>>>             > > >
>>>>
>>>>             > > >  
>>>> ****************************************************************
>>>>
>>>>             > > > Julie Park, Ph.D., Scientific Curator
>>>>
>>>>             > > >  Saccharomyces Genome Database
>>>>
>>>>             > > >  Department of Genetics
>>>>
>>>>             > > >  Stanford University School of Medicine
>>>>
>>>>             > > >  Stanford, CA 94305-5120 USA
>>>>
>>>>             > > >  phone: (650)724-9959  fax: (650)725-1534
>>>>
>>>>             > > >  http://www.yeastgenome.org
>>>>
>>>>             > > >  
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