| Databases |
Database Sequences |
Used with Program |
Comments |
| NR |
Nucleotide or protein |
BLASTN BLASTP BLASTX |
The non-redundant dataset contains nucleic or protein sequences from all
known data sources. |
| MONTH |
Nucleotide or protein |
BLASTN BLASTP BLASTX |
A 'rolling-month' dataset which represents the new records introduced to
the database in the last month. Very useful for periodical verification
of the databases. |
| SWISSPROT |
Protein |
BLASTP BLASTX |
The Swiss-Prot protein databases. |
| DBEST |
Nucleotide |
BLASTN TBLASTN TBLASTX |
The database of Expressed Sequence Tags. |
| DBSTS |
Nucleotide |
BLASTN TBLASTN TBLASTX |
The database of Sequenced Tag Sites. |
| PDB |
Protein |
BLASTP BLASTX |
The Brookhaven Protein database |
| VECTOR |
Nucleotide |
BLASTN |
A databse of vector sequences: a useful check to do before database submissions. |
| KABAT |
Protein |
BLASTP BLASTX |
Proteins of Immunological Interest. |
| MITO |
Nucleotide |
BLASTN |
A database of mitochondrial DNA sequences, also a useful check to do before
database submissions. |
| ALU |
Nucleotide |
BLASTN |
A database of repetitive DNA sequences, also a useful check to do before
database submissions. (mostly mamalian sequences) |
| EPD |
Nucleotide |
BLASTN |
Eukaroytic Promoter Database |