New release of WormBase: WS161
WormBase has been updated to the WS161 release of the database. This release includes 41,500 new ESTs from the unpublished "Exelixis Caenorhabditis elegans
EST project". This has led to a large jump in the number of CDS structures that have a 'confirmed' status. WE have also added nearly 2500 strains carrying transposon-tagged genes have been entered as part of the NemaGENTAG project.