Hi,
Examples of some strange "dusty" sequence published by Indian people at
NCBI. I compared accesion HQ883974 and HQ883972.1 deposited at genbank as
from different especies.
The sequence appears to be the same except that one have 8 bases at one end.
Both were released same day
LOCUS HQ883972 765 bp DNA linear PLN
26-APR-2011
DEFINITION Rheum palmatum clone rp1 RAPD marker genomic sequence.
LOCUS HQ883974 766 bp DNA linear PLN
26-APR-2011
DEFINITION Ipomoea batatas clone ib1 RAPD marker genomic sequence.
The BLASTN:query :HQ883974
>gb|HQ883972.1| Rheum palmatum clone rp1 RAPD marker genomic sequence
Length=765
Reveals a perfect match.
How do this sequences could be allowed to be deposited at Genbank. It
appears that this example makes GenBank a place to deposit any thing, like
Genbank was a mere box of trashes.
Any ways, I think this is a mistake to be corrected by the authors.Also,
that is unannotated and appears to be a kind of RAPD markers. That would
explain that this is not a true marker.
The following is a recent paper of many of these authors:
Khan S., Mirza K.J., Al-Qurainy F., Abdin M.Z. Authentication of the
medicinal plant Senna angustifolia by RAPD profiling. Saudi Journal of
Biological Sciences In Press, Corrected Proof.
Fitoterapia. 2010 Dec;81(8):969-76. Epub 2010 Aug 17.
SCAR markers: a potential tool for authentication of herbal drugs.
Kiran U, Khan S, Mirza KJ, Ram M, Abdin MZ.
Julio Solis, Ms. Sc.
Ph.D. Student,
School of Plant, Environmental, & Soil Science
Louisiana State University
137 Julian C Miller Hall
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Phone: 225-578-2173
Fax: 225-578-1068
E-mail: jsolis2 from .lsu.edu
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