diff --git a/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/components/genebuilder/GeneUtils.java b/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/components/genebuilder/GeneUtils.java
index c22beaf1ec7eda72407a380703aa61b4e6e066d2..19bd01a8e0167a8a8a502e5f06b8b39ce944d8eb 100644
--- a/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/components/genebuilder/GeneUtils.java
+++ b/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/components/genebuilder/GeneUtils.java
@@ -845,6 +845,20 @@ public class GeneUtils
     return false;
   }
   
+  
+  /**
+   * Given a feature determine if it belongs to a database entry
+   * @param entryGroup
+   * @return
+   */
+  public static boolean isDatabaseEntry(final Feature feature)
+  {
+    if( feature.getEntry() instanceof DatabaseDocumentEntry )
+      return true;
+
+    return false;
+  }
+  
 
   private static void deleteFeature(uk.ac.sanger.artemis.Feature feature)
       throws ReadOnlyException