[Genome] Error in the Zebrafish genome Ensembl Gene Xref data

[Jun Yin]

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am a Ph.D. student in University College Dublin. My work subject is mainly on bioinformatics and computational biology.

About two days ago, I download the Zebrafish genome Ensembl Gene Xref data from UCSC ftp site. Here is the link:
http://hgdownload.cse.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/danRer5/database/ensGeneXref.txt.gz 

It seems there are some errors in this file. For example, when I check the link sequence of Ensembl gene "ENSDARG00000002536" in EMBL, it tells the EMBL id is "BC045915". But, in fact, the EMBL id should be "BC055558". And, for example, the EMBL id for "ENSDARG00000071239" in ensGeneXref.txt is "BC055558", but if fact, it should be "BX649337". I think most of the other linkages between EnsGene and EMBL ids are wrong in this file.

I dont know whether there are any other errors in this file. Please check it and fix it.

Best regards,




Jun Yin
Ph.D. candidate in U.C.D.
2008-04-29

Bioinformatics Laboratory
Conway Institute
University College Dublin