THE TRANSLATIONAL SIGNAL DATABASE, TRANSTERM, IS NOW A RELATIONAL DATABASE

TransTerm-97 contains more than 97500 non-redundant coding-sequence in itiation and termination contexts compiled from GenBank, release 101 ( 15-June-1997). In addition, several coding sequence parameters are ava ilable: coding sequence length, Nc, GC3, and, when it is computable, c odon adaptation index (CAI), Codon usage tables and summaries of start and stop codon contexts are also included, The information covers mor e than 325 species and organelles, including seven complete bacterial genomes and one complete eukaryotic genome, To promote research in tra nslational control of protein synthesis, TransTerm has been converted into a relational database to ease the process of making queries, The relational database manager, Postgresql, gives access to the database using SQL (Structured Query Language), A World Wide Web interface usin g forms is being completed to allow the casual user access to the data base, Extensions are planned to include the full 5'-UTR, full coding s equence and 3'-UTR, TransTerm-97 is available on the World Wide Web at : //biochem.otago.ac.nz:800/Transterm/homepage.html.