WormBase release WS169 now online

This is an automatic announcement that WormBase
(http://www.wormbase.org) has just been updated.  New releases occur
roughly every three weeks.

The text of the AceDB release notes, which contains highlights of the
new data is attached.  You can download the full AceDB files from:

   ftp://ftp.sanger.ac.uk/pub/wormbase/current_release/
   or
   ftp://ftp.wormbase.org/pub/wormbase/acedb/current_release

Additional information on the release, including any necessary patches or bug
fixes can be found on the WormBaseWiki:

   http://www.wormbase.org/wiki/index.php/WSWS169

New release of WormBase WS169, Wormpep169 and Wormrna169 Fri Dec 22 15:09:52 GMT 2006

WS169 was built by Paul
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This directory includes:
i)   database.WS169.*.tar.gz    -   compressed data for new release
ii)  models.wrm.WS169           -   the latest database schema (also in above database files)
iii) CHROMOSOMES/subdir         -   contains 3 files (DNA, GFF & AGP per chromosome)
iv)  WS169-WS168.dbcomp         -   log file reporting difference from last release
v)   wormpep169.tar.gz          -   full Wormpep distribution corresponding to WS169
vi)   wormrna169.tar.gz          -   latest WormRNA release containing non-coding RNA's in the genome
vii)  confirmed_genes.WS169.gz   -   DNA sequences of all genes confirmed by EST &/or cDNA
viii) cDNA2orf.WS169.gz           -   Latest set of ORF connections to each cDNA (EST, OST, mRNA)