From owner-celegans@net.bio.net Mon Sep 26 23:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.celegans Path: biosci!bcm!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!usenet.ucs.indiana.edu!xyplex4-2-6.ucs.indiana.edu!ksteward From: ksteward@sunflower.bio.indiana.edu (Keith L. Steward) Subject: Re: expression database Message-ID: Lines: 40 Sender: news@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: xyplex4-2-6.ucs.indiana.edu Organization: Indiana University X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] References: Date: Tue, 27 Sep 1994 04:51:02 GMT In article patterson@frodo.mgh.harvard.edu writes: >Is there a way to find out what promoters to use to get a gene expressed in a >certain cell? For example, if I have this killer experiment that requires >that I express the human cDNA for amyloid protein in the excretory cell, >how do I find out what promoter to use? Is there a data base that can be >queried with a cell type that will give back a list of promoters? If not, >is there any interest in creating one? >Garth Patterson >Mass. Gen. Hosp. >patterson@frodo.mgh.harvard.edu Garth: What you are asking about was discussed at the first Worm Community System (WCS) workshop held this past August at U. Illinois. In particular, Curt Jamison at Community Systems Labs (CSL) is attempting to gather data on gene expression and correlate this with the cell lineage which is already in WCS. So it is in the works. I know that some of the people at CSL monitor this newsgroup, so perhaps they can comment further as to where things stand. Also, CSL has submitted a WBG abstract describing the workshop and new directions WCS may be taking. Best regards, Keith -- Keith L. Steward Voice: (812) 855-0102 Dept. of Biology Fax: (812) 855-6705 Jordan Hall Email: ksteward@sunflower.bio.indiana.edu Indiana University WWW: http://sunflower.bio.indiana.edu:8080/ Bloomingtion, IN 47405 keithpage.html .