[ensembl-dev] dbSNP137 question

Giulietta gspudich at ebi.ac.uk
Mon Jul 8 16:02:19 BST 2013


Hello Duarte,

Apologies for the late reply.  I don't see a reply on the list, so I 
will add an answer:

The Ensembl database shows the alleles on the forward strand.  In NCBI 
dbSNP, the reverse strand is shown for that particular SNP.

Best wishes,
Giulietta

On 23/05/2013 17:25, Duarte Molha wrote:
> Dear developers
>
> I was wondering if someone could explain to me the difference I see in 
> this RSid
> *rs4970378 *
> in the Ensembl database and in the NCBI snp database
>
>
> http://www.ensembl.org/Homo_sapiens/Variation/Context?r=1:883125-884125;source=dbSNP;v=rs4970378;vdb=variation;vf=3859232 
> <http://www.ensembl.org/Homo_sapiens/Variation/Context?r=1:883125-884125;source=dbSNP;v=rs4970378;vdb=variation;vf=3859232>
>
> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/projects/SNP/snp_ref.cgi?rs=4970378 
> <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/projects/SNP/snp_ref.cgi?rs=4970378>
>
> in NCBI the alleles are C/T
> ln Ensembl they are AG
>
> Why the discrepancy?
>
> thanks
>
> Duarte
>
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