Please note that although finishing has begun, the assembly database may still contain errors and misassemblies, and E. coli and vector contamination. The contig numbers are not stable, and will vary with each data release. The sequences in the shotgun database are single reads from ABI sequencers; they will contain errors, along with both E. coli and vector contamination.

This sequencing centre plans on publishing the completed and annotated sequences in a peer-reviewed journal as soon as possible. Permission of the principal investigator should be obtained before publishing analyses of the sequence/open reading frames/genes on a chromosome or genome scale.

Please address all sequencing enquiries to: parkhill@sanger.ac.uk