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Sample rows:
*hypertext-linked to MaizeDB entity.
4. Periodically computed, -- coordinated with curator action.
The printed 1993 MNL Gene List (volume 67) was the first Gene List extracted from
the database. The Gene List is a complex table, with the symbol, the bin location, the
full name, a brief comment, putative or confirmed gene products and key references
for selected loci. Hypertext links are provided to the MaizeDB Locus, Gene Product
and Reference entities. Curatorial review:
(1) checks that all appropriate loci are included, by examining the list of excluded
maize loci of type="Gene" where there is no '*' associated with the name; (2)
ascertains that the full name, the brief comment, any gene product(s) and appropriate
references are updated; (3) monitors comments entered into the database for errors,
completeness and currency. Creating the Gene List requires reading data into 3 de
novo tables (genes, geneP, MNLGeneRefs) from several MaizeDB tables (Locus,
Locus#Coordinates, Locus#Comments, Locus#GeneProducts, Anything#References,
References). The only constraints are the Locus Property, MNL GeneList and the
reference Annotations, First Report or Gene List.
Two sample rows.:
bt1, bin(s) 5.04, brittle endosperm1, mature kernel collapsed, angular, often
translucent and brittle (alleles sh3, sh5), may encode amyloplast adenylate
translocator ref 466, 867
pl1, bin(s) 6.04, purple plantl, PI1 plant tissues have light-independent pigment, pl1
blue light-dependent; PI1-Bh1, colored patches in c1 aleurone and in plant;
transcriptional activator for flavonoid genes; SSR phi031, nc009, nc010 ref: 215,
216.