Online References

Data Formats

DDBJ

• Main site
• Release notes
• Download

EMBL

• Main page
• Release notes
• User manual
• Download

GenBank

• GenBank overview
• Release notes
• Download
• DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank Feature Table
• NCBI Sequence Identifier Syntax
• Non-redundant database

Pfam

• Main page
• Release notes
• Help pages
• Download

PROSITE

• Main page
• Release notes
• User manual
• Download

SWISS-PROT

• Main page
• Release notes
• User manual
• Download

Tools

BLAST

• Main page
• Information guide
• Download

BLAT

• Main page
• User guide
• Download

ClustalW

• Main page
• User help
• Download (Unix)
• Download (Windows)

HMMER

• Main page
• README
• Download

EMBOSS

• Main page
• User documentation
• Tutorial
• Download
• Jemboss (Java API)

Common Tables

Nucleic Acids

Nomenclature for Incompletely Specified Bases in Nucleic Acid Sequences (IUPAC IUBMB Joint Commission on Biochemical Nomenclature)

Genetic Codes

Synopsis of 17 genetic codes; used to ensure correct translation of coding sequences in GenBank records.

Amino Acids

Nomenclature and Symbolism for Amino Acids and Peptides (IUPAC IUBMB Joint Commission on Biochemical Nomenclature)

Miscellaneous

BioPerl

• Main page
• User documentation
• Mailing lists
• Download

BioJava

• Main page
• User documentation (Getting started)
• User documentation (APIs)
• Mailing list (General)
• Mailing list (Developers)
• Download

The WWW Virtual Library: Model Organisms

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