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List of Important Sequence Databases

Database Information available Source
EMBL Nucleotide Sequence Databank (European Molecular Biology Laboratory)

DNA sequence

EBI,U.K
dbEST EST sequences (redundant nucleotide sequences) NCBI,USA;EBI,U.K
Gene Bank Nucleotide sequences (non­redundant or less redundant nucleotide sequences) NCBI,USA
HomoloGene Homologous genes in human, mouse, rat, zebratish, cow, represented in Unigene  
Mito Mitochondrial DNA sequences NCBI,USA
PALI database Phylogenetic analysis and alignment of proteins  
PDB (Protein Databank)

Sequences of those proteins whose 3-D structures are known

NCBI,USA;EBI, U.K
PIRs (Protein Identification Resource Redundant protein sequences NCBI,USA
RefSeq Messenger RNAs and proteins of human, mouse and rat  
Ribosomal RNA database Ribosomal RNA sequences  
NR Nonredundant entries from GeneBank, EMBL, DDBJ, and PDB databases  
SWISS-PROT

Annotated protein sequences

NCBI,USA;EBI, U.K
IMGT Database Nucleotide sequences of immunologically impotant genes EBI, U.K
UniGene Est sequences; ESTs for separate genes grouped into distinct sets to avoid redundancy  
dbSTS A nonredundant database of GeneBank, EMBL and DDBJ STS entries NCBI,USA;EBI, U.K
Vector Vector sequences from GeneBank NCBI,USA
TrEMBL Protein sequences obtained by translation of all coding sequences in EMBL database  
Yeast

Yeast genomic sequences

NCBI,USA
1. DDBJ (DNA Database of Japan) Nucleotide sequences GenomeNet, Japan
2. KEGG (Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes) Metabolic pathways in many microorganisms, complete genomes GenomeNet, Japan