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The PIR-International databases.

Nucleic acids research ·Vol. 21 ·No. 13 ·1993-07-01 ·Pages 3089-92

Barker WC, George DG, Mewes HW, Pfeiffer F, Tsugita A

Abstract

PIR-International is an association of macromolecular sequence data collection centers dedicated to fostering international cooperation as an essential element in the development of scientific databases. PIR-International is most noted for the Protein Sequence Database. This database originated in the early 1960's with the pioneering work of the late Margaret Dayhoff as a research tool for the study of protein evolution and intersequence relationships; it is maintained as a scientific resource, organized by biological concepts, using sequence homology as a guiding principle. PIR-International also maintains a number of other genomic, protein sequence, and sequence-related databases. The databases of PIR-International are made widely available. This paper briefly describes the architecture of the Protein Sequence Database, a number of other PIR-International databases, and mechanisms for providing access to and for distribution of these databases.

MeSH Terms

Amino Acid Sequence CD-ROM Databases, Factual/standards Escherichia coli/genetics Information Storage and Retrieval Protein Conformation Proteins/chemistry Sequence Homology, Amino Acid

Chemicals

Proteins

Authors & Affiliations

5 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Barker W C

Protein Information Resource, National Biomedical Research Foundation, Georgetown University Medical Center.

George D G

Mewes H W

Pfeiffer F

Tsugita A

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Article Info

Journal

Nucleic acids research

Abbr.

Nucleic Acids Res

ISSN

0305-1048

DOI

10.1093/nar/21.13.3089

Published

1993-07-01

Pages

3089-92

Language

English

Region

England

NLM ID

0411011

PMCID

PMC309735

Subset

Grants

NLM NIH HHS · LM05206 · United States

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