Last modification: 14NOV01 pc


MF definition            GenBank equivalent(s) 
                             feature key        qualifier(s)            comment
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G-"gene_name"                   CDS             /gene="gene_name"  (where gene is CDS)
                                rRNA            /gene="gene_name"  (where gene is rRNA)
                                tRNA            /gene="gene_name"  (where gene is tRNA)
                              
G-orf###                        CDS             /gene="orf###"

G-"gene_name"-E#                exon            /gene="gene_name" 
                                                /number=#

G-"gene_name"-I#               intron           /gene="gene_name"
                                                /number=#


when MF qualifiers have no equivalent in GenBank, those qualifiers should be 
moved to the GenBank /note=" " qualifier, e.g.:

G-"gene_name"  //new_qual       CDS             /gene="gene_name" 
                                                /note="/new_qual"


The following five MF features cannot be translated to GenBank by applying 
simple rules. Accordingly, most qualifiers used for these MF features have 
no equivalents in GenBank records. In order to permit the translation of 
the masterfile annotation to GenBank, the following translation rules apply:

G-Mob-"element_name"            misc_feature    /note="/mobile /element_name"

G-Sig-"signal_name"             misc_feature    /note="/signal /sig_name"                       

        *** Special cases:

        G-Sig-"sig_name"        repeat_unit     /note="/sig_name"               1)
        /repeat_element


        G-Sig-"sig_name"        repeat_region   /note="/sig_name"               1)
        /repeat_region




G-Var-"var_name"                variation       /note="/var_name"               2)



G-Mot-"motif_name"              misc_feature    /note="/motif /mot_name"

        *** Special cases:

        G-Mot-"mot_name"        stem_loop       /note="/mot_name"               1)
        /stem_loop      



G-gene-name-F#                  misc_feature    /note="/fragment /gene_name 
                                                /number=#"

Because genes in pieces are only in few cases expressed in a joined manner, 
the default for the GenBank translation is without operator. 
A join operator has to be defined explicitely.

G-"gene-name"-F# //join         join  (........)                                3)

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Footnotes:

1) Added 16AUG96
2) Modified 16AUG96. Previously: misc_feature   /note="/variation /var_name"
3) Modified 16AUG96. Previous rule included the operator group as a default. 



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