In the gff files I see confirmed_inconsistent and other confirmed statuses for introns, what do they all mean?
confirmed_est – an intron confirmed by EST transcript sequence data confirmed_cdna – an intron confirmed by cDNA/mRNA transcript sequence data confirmed_inconsistent – means that a curator has decided that the intron doesn’t fit with what we consider to be a valid transcript or there appears to be something wrong with the Transcript that confirms the intron. confirmed_false – these are where curators have confirmed that the confirmed intron is false or artefactual. confirmed_UTR – used when a confirmed intron looks like it is in the UTR of a gene. confirmed_Homology – where protein homology looks to confirm the intron, this has seen limited use.
