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Human Genome News, July 1994; 6(2)
A World Wide Web (WWW) server at the Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) Genome Center distributes genome information being discovered at BCM and other centers. X Mosaic, a browsing tool that originated at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, gives access to WWW servers and includes information on the following:
YEAST ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME (YAC) DATA SEARCHES: data generated at BCM, CEPH- Genethon, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
BIOLOGIST'S CONTROL PANEL: easy access to database searches and various libraries and literature.
GENOME CENTER COMPUTING HELP: answers to frequently asked questions and help on topics related to computing.
X Mosaic can be obtained by anonymous ftp from ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu, and the file README.FIRST supplies further instructions. The Mosaic software is in the directory /Web. X Mosaic will display on X-window devices such as X terminals, UNIX workstation consoles, and Macs running MacX. Current versions of Mosaic for the Macintosh and PC Windows do not support all features necessary to use the forms on the BCM WWW server. The uniform resource locator (URL) for the BCM Genome Center is http://kiwi.imgen.bcm.tmc.edu:8088/ . Questions and comments should be addressed to gc-help@gc.bcm.tmc.edu . [Joanna Power and Bob Cottingham, BCM]
The Baylor Cloning Core Laboratory has received and prepared for multistep PCR screening a collection of about 53,000 mouse YAC clones. The collection includes 40,000 clones from Steve Brown (St. Mary's Hospital Medical School, U.K.) and 13,000 from Hans Lehrach (Imperial Cancer Research Fund, U.K.). Because the funding for this effort is very limited, the Baylor laboratory will furnish DNA samples and clones but will not conduct PCR and gel analyses. The amount of sample sent will depend on estimated screening needs and availability, and costs for overnight shipping will be paid by the recipient. [Contact for further information and request form - Fax: 713/798-5386 or -8597, Internet: yaclab@ bcm.tmc.edu .]
The electronic form of the newsletter may be cited in the following style:
Human Genome Program, U.S. Department of Energy, Human Genome News (v6n2).
The Human Genome Project (HGP) was an international 13-year effort, 1990 to 2003. Primary goals were to discover the complete set of human genes and make them accessible for further biological study, and determine the complete sequence of DNA bases in the human genome. See Timeline for more HGP history.
Published from 1989 until 2002, this newsletter facilitated HGP communication, helped prevent duplication of research effort, and informed persons interested in genome research.
