A.2. How to Reach FlyBase The best use of FlyBase is made with a recent-release web client. The URL for the primary FlyBase server is: * http://flybase.bio.indiana.edu/ FlyBase mirrors are available at: * http://flybase.harvard.edu:7081/ http://gin.ebi.ac.uk:7081/ http://astorg.u-strasbg.fr:7081/ http://www.angis.su.oz.au:7081/ http://shigen.lab.nig.ac.jp:7081/ http://bioinfo.weizmann.ac.il/flybase FlyBase is discontinuing support for Gopher services. We strongly recommend that you use our web-based services rather than our Gopher services. The FlyBase Gopher+ server can still be reached at the addresses below, but be aware that some Gopher-accessible data may not be current and newer data types (transposons, insertions, transcripts, polypeptides, maps, etc.) are completely inaccessible from the Gopher service. * flybase.bio.indiana.edu * gopher.embl-ebi.ac.uk 7071 * astorg.u-strasbg.fr 7071 * shigen.lab.nig.ac.jp 7071 * cbbridges.harvard.edu 7071 You can reach FlyBase anonymous ftp servers at flybase.bio.indiana.edu, and ftp.embl-ebi.ac.uk. Type the user name anonymous when it asks for your login name, and please enter your full e-mail address as the password. At flybase.bio.indiana.edu, the FlyBase files are in a directory called "flybase". Gopher clients for a variety of computers are in a directory called util/gopher. At ftp.embl-ebi.ac.uk, the FlyBase files are in the pub/databases/flybase directory. FlyBase periodically publishes extracts of its data as special issues of the Drosophila Information Service (DIS). FlyBase welcomes comments and suggestions from the community. Please send any communications about use of FlyBase services to: flybase-help@morgan.harvard.edu