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. 2006 Jul;4(7):e228.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040228. Epub 2006 Jul 11.

Data sharing: how much doesn't get submitted to GenBank?

Mohamed A F Noor, Katherine J Zimmerman, Katherine C Teeter

Data sharing: how much doesn't get submitted to GenBank?

Mohamed A F Noor et al. PLoS Biol. 2006 Jul.

Abstract

Funding agencies and journals require researchers to deposit DNA sequences in public databases such as GenBank when the paper is published, but how often do authors fail to do so?

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Conflict of interest statement

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