Fig. 2.

Workflow for mining information about uncharacterized Drosophila genes. Top boxes, main workflow questions to be addressed through information mining. Subsequent numbered boxes, individual queries that help address the main question. "Based on ..." box, point of integration of information, when a decision is made to include or exclude a gene from further studies. Genes identified at steps 1.5 or 2.6 can enter the pipeline at step 1. As a final step, we suggest “paying it forward” by aiding curators and depositing information into relevant databases, e.g. using FlyBase Fast Track Your Paper and/or data submissions to NCBI. Figure made using OmniGraffle.