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. 2003 Jan 1;31(1):43-50.
doi: 10.1093/nar/gkg066.

The European Bioinformatics Institute's data resources

Catherine Brooksbank  1 , Evelyn Camon, Midori A Harris, Michele Magrane, Maria Jesus Martin, Nicola Mulder, Claire O'Donovan, Helen Parkinson, Mary Ann Tuli, Rolf Apweiler, Ewan Birney, Alvis Brazma, Kim Henrick, Rodrigo Lopez, Guenter Stoesser, Peter Stoehr, Graham Cameron
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The European Bioinformatics Institute's data resources

Catherine Brooksbank et al. Nucleic Acids Res. .

Abstract

As the amount of biological data grows, so does the need for biologists to store and access this information in central repositories in a free and unambiguous manner. The European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI) hosts six core databases, which store information on DNA sequences (EMBL-Bank), protein sequences (SWISS-PROT and TrEMBL), protein structure (MSD), whole genomes (Ensembl) and gene expression (ArrayExpress). But just as a cell would be useless if it couldn't transcribe DNA or translate RNA, our resources would be compromised if each existed in isolation. We have therefore developed a range of tools that not only facilitate the deposition and retrieval of biological information, but also allow users to carry out searches that reflect the interconnectedness of biological information. The EBI's databases and tools are all available on our website at www.ebi.ac.uk.

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