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diff --git a/tests/test_services_soap.py b/tests/test_services_soap.py
index efe58c119ea081d6dd2ebb2718da7c049b1698d0..5225b7c13cec691e2614205b493fd2379ce42c89 100644
--- a/tests/test_services_soap.py
+++ b/tests/test_services_soap.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from mutalyzer import Db
 from mutalyzer.output import Output
 from mutalyzer.services.soap import application
 from mutalyzer.sync import CacheSync
-from mutalyzer.util import slow
+from mutalyzer.util import skip, slow
 
 import utils
 
@@ -206,18 +206,14 @@ class TestServicesSoap():
         Running getTranscriptsAndInfo with a valid genomic reference should
         give a list of TranscriptInfo objects.
         """
-        r = self._call('getTranscriptsAndInfo', 'AL449423.14')
+        r = self._call('getTranscriptsAndInfo', 'AF230870.1')
         assert_equal(type(r.TranscriptInfo), list)
         names = [t.name for t in r.TranscriptInfo]
-        for t in ['CDKN2B_v002',
-                  'CDKN2B_v001',
-                  'MTAP_v005',
-                  'CDKN2A_v008',
-                  'CDKN2A_v007',
-                  'C9orf53_v001',
-                  'CDKN2A_v001']:
+        for t in ['mtmC2_v001',
+                  'mtmB2_v001']:
             assert t in names
 
+    @skip # Todo: AL449423.14 no longer contains gene annotations.
     def test_gettranscriptsandinfo_restricted_valid(self):
         """
         Running getTranscriptsAndInfo with a valid genomic reference and a
@@ -541,6 +537,7 @@ class TestServicesSoap():
             assert_equal(t.gCDSStop, 21141)
             assert_equal(t.chromCDSStop, 48262863)
 
+    @skip # Todo: AL449423.14 no longer contains gene annotations.
     @slow
     def test_batchjob(self):
         """
diff --git a/tests/test_variantchecker.py b/tests/test_variantchecker.py
index 138550f05722493157d1c5167f2c79864ac9e13a..e36de26a85dca6614e993f3c789480004f1f6502 100644
--- a/tests/test_variantchecker.py
+++ b/tests/test_variantchecker.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from mutalyzer.output import Output
 from mutalyzer.Db import Cache
 from mutalyzer.Retriever import GenBankRetriever
 from mutalyzer.variantchecker import check_variant
+from mutalyzer.util import slow, skip
 
 import utils
 
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ class TestVariantchecker():
         """
         return self.retriever.loadrecord(identifier)
 
+    @skip # Todo: AL449423.14 no longer contains gene annotations.
     def test_deletion_in_frame(self):
         """
         Simple in-frame deletion should give a simple description on protein
@@ -61,6 +63,7 @@ class TestVariantchecker():
                in self.output.getOutput('protDescriptions')
         assert self.output.getOutput('newprotein')
 
+    @skip # Todo: AL449423.14 no longer contains gene annotations.
     def test_insertion_in_frame(self):
         """
         Simple in-frame insertion should give a simple description on protein
@@ -75,6 +78,7 @@ class TestVariantchecker():
                in self.output.getOutput('protDescriptions')
         assert self.output.getOutput('newprotein')
 
+    @skip # Todo: AL449423.14 no longer contains gene annotations.
     def test_deletion_insertion_in_frame(self):
         """
         Simple in-frame deletion/insertion should give a simple description on
@@ -90,6 +94,7 @@ class TestVariantchecker():
                in self.output.getOutput('protDescriptions')
         assert self.output.getOutput('newprotein')
 
+    @skip # Todo: AL449423.14 no longer contains gene annotations.
     def test_deletion_insertion_in_frame_complete(self):
         """
         Simple in-frame deletion/insertion should give a simple description on
@@ -198,6 +203,7 @@ class TestVariantchecker():
         wroll = self.output.getMessagesWithErrorCode('WROLLFORWARD')
         assert len(wroll) > 0
 
+    @skip # Todo: AL449423.14 no longer contains gene annotations.
     def test_roll_both_ins(self):
         """
         Insertion that rolls should not use the same inserted sequence in
@@ -231,6 +237,7 @@ class TestVariantchecker():
         assert_equal ('AL449423.14:g.65471_65472insACT', self.output.getIndexedOutput('genomicDescription', 0, ''))
         assert_equal(len(self.output.getMessagesWithErrorCode('WROLLFORWARD')), 1)
 
+    @skip # Todo: AL449423.14 no longer contains gene annotations.
     def test_roll_reverse_ins(self):
         """
         Insertion that rolls on the reverse strand should not use the same
@@ -241,6 +248,7 @@ class TestVariantchecker():
         assert_equal ('AL449423.14:g.65471_65472insACT', self.output.getIndexedOutput('genomicDescription', 0, ''))
         assert_equal(len(self.output.getMessagesWithErrorCode('WROLLFORWARD')), 0)
 
+    @skip # Todo: AL449423.14 no longer contains gene annotations.
     def test_roll_message_forward(self):
         """
         Roll warning message should only be shown for currently selected
@@ -250,6 +258,7 @@ class TestVariantchecker():
         assert_equal(len(self.output.getMessagesWithErrorCode('WROLLFORWARD')), 1)
         assert_equal(len(self.output.getMessagesWithErrorCode('WROLLREVERSE')), 0)
 
+    @skip # Todo: AL449423.14 no longer contains gene annotations.
     def test_roll_message_reverse(self):
         """
         Roll warning message should only be shown for currently selected
@@ -439,6 +448,7 @@ class TestVariantchecker():
         # Todo: .c notation should still be c.632-?_681+?del, but what about
         # other transcripts?
 
+    @skip # Todo: AL449423.14 no longer contains gene annotations.
     def test_del_exon_unknown_offsets_reverse(self):
         """
         Deletion of an entire exon with unknown offsets should be possible,
@@ -731,6 +741,7 @@ class TestVariantchecker():
         assert ud + '(MARK1_v001):c.401del' \
                in self.output.getOutput('descriptions')
 
+    @skip # Todo: AL449423.14 no longer contains gene annotations.
     def test_deletion_with_sequence_forward_genomic(self):
         """
         Specify the deleted sequence in a deletion.
@@ -741,6 +752,7 @@ class TestVariantchecker():
         assert 'AL449423.14(CDKN2A_v001):c.98_99del' \
                in self.output.getOutput('descriptions')
 
+    @skip # Todo: AL449423.14 no longer contains gene annotations.
     def test_deletion_with_length_forward_genomic(self):
         """
         Specify the deleted sequence length in a deletion.
@@ -751,6 +763,7 @@ class TestVariantchecker():
         assert 'AL449423.14(CDKN2A_v001):c.98_99del' \
                in self.output.getOutput('descriptions')
 
+    @skip # Todo: AL449423.14 no longer contains gene annotations.
     def test_deletion_with_sequence_reverse_coding(self):
         """
         Specify the deleted sequence in a deletion on the reverse strand.
@@ -761,6 +774,7 @@ class TestVariantchecker():
         assert 'AL449423.14(CDKN2A_v001):c.161_163del' \
                in self.output.getOutput('descriptions')
 
+    @skip # Todo: AL449423.14 no longer contains gene annotations.
     def test_deletion_with_length_reverse_coding(self):
         """
         Specify the deleted sequence length in a deletion on the reverse strand.
diff --git a/tests/test_website.py b/tests/test_website.py
index 8607cac1efefb6f467deb23f07359a249f2f4023..56b06d07aac08b54aeeeea572ff6666fa9ad7c24 100644
--- a/tests/test_website.py
+++ b/tests/test_website.py
@@ -406,6 +406,7 @@ class TestWSGI():
         assert_equal(len(result.strip().split('\n')) - 1, lines)
         return result
 
+    @skip # Todo: AL449423.14 no longer contains gene annotations.
     def test_batch_namechecker(self):
         """
         Submit the batch name checker form.
@@ -429,6 +430,7 @@ class TestWSGI():
                     size=len(variants),
                     header='Input\tErrors | Messages')
 
+    @skip # Todo: AL449423.14 no longer contains gene annotations.
     def test_batch_syntaxchecker(self):
         """
         Submit the batch syntax checker form.
@@ -453,6 +455,7 @@ class TestWSGI():
                     size=len(variants),
                     header='Input Variant')
 
+    @skip # Todo: AL449423.14 no longer contains gene annotations.
     def test_batch_syntaxchecker_newlines_unix(self):
         """
         Submit the batch syntax checker form with unix line endings.
@@ -465,6 +468,7 @@ class TestWSGI():
                     size=len(variants),
                     header='Input\tStatus')
 
+    @skip # Todo: AL449423.14 no longer contains gene annotations.
     def test_batch_syntaxchecker_newlines_mac(self):
         """
         Submit the batch syntax checker form with mac line endings.
@@ -477,6 +481,7 @@ class TestWSGI():
                     size=len(variants),
                     header='Input\tStatus')
 
+    @skip # Todo: AL449423.14 no longer contains gene annotations.
     def test_batch_syntaxchecker_newlines_windows(self):
         """
         Submit the batch syntax checker form with windows line endings.
@@ -489,6 +494,7 @@ class TestWSGI():
                     size=len(variants),
                     header='Input\tStatus')
 
+    @skip # Todo: AL449423.14 no longer contains gene annotations.
     def test_batch_syntaxchecker_newlines_big_unix(self):
         """
         Submit the batch syntax checker form with unix line ending
@@ -506,6 +512,7 @@ class TestWSGI():
                     size=len(variants),
                     header='Input\tStatus')
 
+    @skip # Todo: AL449423.14 no longer contains gene annotations.
     def test_batch_syntaxchecker_newlines_big_mac(self):
         """
         Submit the batch syntax checker form with mac line ending
@@ -523,6 +530,7 @@ class TestWSGI():
                     size=len(variants),
                     header='Input\tStatus')
 
+    @skip # Todo: AL449423.14 no longer contains gene annotations.
     def test_batch_syntaxchecker_newlines_big_windows(self):
         """
         Submit the batch syntax checker form with windows line ending
@@ -540,6 +548,7 @@ class TestWSGI():
                     size=len(variants),
                     header='Input\tStatus')
 
+    @skip # Todo: AL449423.14 no longer contains gene annotations.
     def test_batch_syntaxchecker_oldstyle(self):
         """
         Submit the batch syntax checker form with old style input file.
@@ -600,6 +609,7 @@ facilisi."""
         r = form.submit(status=413)
         assert_equal(r.content_type, 'text/plain')
 
+    @skip # Todo: AL449423.14 no longer contains gene annotations.
     @slow
     def test_batch_multicolumn(self):
         """