Nucleotide and protein sequences are the foundation for all bioinformatics tools and
resources. Researchers can analyze these sequences to discover genes or predict the …

A longperiod of indecision and uncertainty in the field of molecular genetics has been
brought to a close with the award of a $3-million, 5-year contract to Bolt, Beranek and …

For more than 30 years, the International Nucleotide Sequence Database Collaboration
(INSDC; http://www. insdc. org/) has been committed to capturing, preserving and providing …

Abstract The SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (www. isb-sib. ch) was created in 1998 as
an institution to foster excellence in bioinformatics. It is renowned worldwide for its …

The GenBank sequence database is an annotated collection of all publicly available
nucleotide sequences and their protein translations. This database is produced at National …

Bioinformatics, in this context the application of computer science to biological problems,
has become an indispensable part of any research in the biosciences. Rapid developments …

Abstract The EMBL Data Library (1) was founded in 1980 as a direct consequence of the
amount of sequence data appearing in the journals. Over the past 11 years, the growth in …

Abstract The GenBank* Genetic Sequence Data Bank contains over 5700 entries for DNA
and RNA sequences that have been reported since 1967. This paper briefly describes the …

The use of high-throughput DNA sequencing and proteomic methods has led to an
unprecedented increase in the amount of genomic and proteomic data. Application of …

Bioinformatics has established itself as an independent discipline and primarily deals with
sequence and structure data. This interdisciplinary subject has revolutionized the biological …