title: On the importance of being finished.
abstract: The publication of an increasing number of draft genome sequences presents problems that will only be resolved by improved search tools and by complete finishing of the sequences - and their deposition in publicly accessible databases.
authors.affiliation: Genome Research Center, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 500 Sunnyside Boulevard, Woodbury, NY 11797, USA. mccombie@cshl.edu
authors.forename: Lance E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.forename: W Richard
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: McCombie
mesh_terms: D019295:Computational Biology / Q000379:methods; D018744:DNA, Plant / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D030561:Databases, Nucleic Acid; D030562:Databases, Protein; D018745:Genome, Plant; D012275:Oryza / Q000235:genetics*; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012984:Software
chemical_list: D018744:DNA, Plant; D010940:Plant Proteins