THE EMBL NUCLEOTIDE-SEQUENCE DATABASE

The EMBL Nucleotide Sequence Database (http://www.ebi.ac.uk/embl.html) constitutes Europe's primary nucleotide sequence resource, DNA and RNA sequences are directly submitted from researchers and genome sequenci ng groups and collected from the scientific literature and patent appl ications (Fig, 1), In collaboration with DDBJ and GenBank the database is produced, maintained and distributed at the European Bioinformatic s Institute. Database releases are produced quarterly and are distribu ted on CD-ROM, EBI's network services allow access to the most up-to-d ate data collection via Internet and World Wide Web interface, providi ng database searching and sequence similarity facilities plus access t o a large number of additional databases.