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EMBL nucleotide sequence database
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ID SLD746 standard; DNA; PRO; 477 BP.XXAC D83746;XXNI g1772347XXDT 18-JAN-1997 (Rel. 50, Created)DT 17-FEB-1997 (Rel. 50, Last updated, Version 2)XXDE Streptomyces lividans DNA for ribosomal protein S12, complete cds.XXKW ribosomal protein S12.XXOS Streptomyces lividansOC Eubacteria; Firmicutes; Actinomycetes; Streptomycetes;OC Streptomycetaceae; Streptomyces.XXRN [1]RP 1-477RA Shima J.;RT ;RL Submitted (06-MAR-1996) to the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases.RL Jun Shima, National Food Research Institute; Kannondai 2-1-2, Tsukuba,RL Ibaraki 305, Japan (E-mail:[email protected], Tel:0298-38-8124,RL Fax:0298-38-7996)XXDR SPTREMBL; P97222; P97222.XXFH Key Location/QualifiersFHFT source 1. .477FT /organism="Streptomyces lividans"FT /strain="TK21"FT CDS 28. .399FT /db_xref="PID:g1772348"FT /db_xref="SPTREMBL:P97222"FT /product="ribosomal protein S12"FT /translation="MPTIQQLVRKGRQDKVEKNKTPALEGSPQRRGVCTRVFTTTPKKPFT NSALRKVARVRLTSGIEVTAYIPGEGHNLQEHSIVLVRGGRVKDLPGVRYKIIRGSLDTFT QGVKNRKQARSRYGAKKEK"FT mutation 289FT /replace="g"FT /phenotype="streptomycin resistant mutant TK24"XXSQ Sequence 477 BP; 99 A; 153 C; 152 G; 73 T; 0 other; ATTCGGCACA CAGAAACCGG AGAAGTAGTG CCTACGATCC AGCAGCTGGT CCGGAAGGGC 60 CGGCAGGACA AGGTCGAGAA GAACAAGACG CCCGCACTCG AGGGTTCGCC CCAGCGCCGT 120 GGCGTCTGCA CGCGTGTGTT CACGACCACC CCGAAGAAGC CGAACTCGGC CCTGCGTAAG 180 GTCGCGCGTG TGCGTCTGAC CAGTGGGATC GAGGTCACCG CTTACATTCC GGGTGAGGGG 240 CACAACCTGC AGGAGCACTC CATCGTGCTC GTGCGCGGCG GCCGTGTGAA GGACCTGCCG 300 GGTGTTCGCT ACAAGATCAT CCGCGGTTCG CTTGACACCC AGGGTGTGAA GAACCGCAAG 360 CAGGCCCGCA GCCGCTACGG CGCCAAGAAG GAGAAGTAAG AATGCCTCGT AAGGGCCCCG 420 CCCCGAAGCG CCCGGTCATC ATCGACCCGG TCTACGGTTC TCCTCTGGTG ACCTCCC 477//
EMBLFlat File
EMBL Relational Schema
VARIATIONFEATURE @ PRD# * FEATID * FKEY# o FREQUENCY o REPLACE * USERSTAMP * TIMESTAMP
UNCLASSIFIEDFEATURE @ PR# * FEATID * FKEY# o USERSTAMP o TIMESTAMP
TRANSLATIONEXCEPTION @ PRDB1 * AMINOACID * FEATID * TRANSXEND# * TRANSXID * TRANSXSTART o BIOSEQID * USERSTAMP * TIMESTAMP
TRANSCRIPTFEATURE # * FEATID * FKEY# o ENUMBER o FIVE_CONS o PSEUDO o READINGFRAME o THREE_CONS * USERSTAMP * TIMESTAMP
THESIS @ PRDB1 (#) * INSTITUTE## * PUBID o ADVISOR o DEGREE * USERSTAMP * TIMESTAMP
SUBMISSIONREF @ PRDB1 (#)# * PUBID o DS# o MEDIUM * USERSTAMP * TIMESTAMP
SOURCEFEATURE @ PRDB1 (#)# * FEATID * FKEY# o ORGANISM o CHROMOSOME o FREQUENCY o HAPLOTYPE o NUCSOURCE o ORGANELLE o SEQUENCED o SEX o VIRION * USERSTAMP * TIMESTAMP
SIGNALFEATURE @ PRDB# * FEATID * FKEY# o DIRECTION o PSEUDO * USERSTAMP * TIMESTAMP
SEQFEATURE_NOTE @ PRDB1 * FEATID * LINE# * NOTE# * TEXT o USERSTAMP o TIMESTAMP
SEQFEATURE @ PRDB1 (#) * BIOSEQID# * FEATID * FTYPE# * LOCATION * ORDER_IN o EVIDENCE o FEAT_LABEL o INCOMPLETE o SUBMITTOR * USERSTAMP * TIMESTAMP
RPTUNIT @ PRDB * FEATID o RPTID o LABEL o RPTEND o RPTSTART * USERSTAMP * TIMESTAMP
RNAFEATURE @ PRDB1 (#)# * FEATID * FKEY# o ANTICODONAA o ANTICODONEND o ANTICODONSTART o PSEUDO * USERSTAMP * TIMESTAMP
PUB_XREF @ PRDB1 * PUBID * DBCODE * PRIMARYID
PUBLICATION @ PRDB1 (#)# * PUBID * PUBLANG * PUBSTATUS * PUBTYPE o PUBDATE o TITLE * USERSTAMP * TIMESTAMP
PUBAUTHOR @ PRDB * ORDERIN * PERSON * PUBID o EDITORFLAG * USERSTAMP * TIMESTAMP
PROTEINSEQ @ PRDB1 (## * SEQID o DERIVED o MOLWEIGHT * USERSTAMP * TIMESTAMP
PROTEINCODINGFEATURE @ PR# * FEATID * FKEY# * PROTEINSEQID o ENUMBER o PSEUDO o READINGFRAME o TRANSL_TABLE_ID * USERSTAMP * TIMESTAMP
PHYSICALSEQ @ PRDB1 (#)# * PHYSEQID * SEQTEXT * USERSTAMP * TIMESTAMP
PERSONALCOMM @ PRDB1 * ADDRESS * PUBID * RECIPIENT o PHONEID * USERSTAMP * TIMESTAMP
PERSON @ PRDB1 (#)# * PERSONID * SURNAME o FIRSTNAME o MIDINITIALS * USERSTAMP * TIMESTAMP
PATENT_BIOSEQ @ PRDB1 (# * ORDERIN# * PUBID# * SEQID * USERSTAMP * TIMESTAMP
PATENTPRIORITY @ P * PRIORITY_DATE * PRIORITY_NO * PRIORITY_OFFICE * PRIORITY_ORDER * PUBID * USERSTAMP * TIMESTAMP
PATENTCLASS @ PR * CLASS * CLASS_ORDER * PUBID * USERSTAMP * TIMESTAMP
PATENTAPPLICANT * APPNAME * ORDERIN * PUBID * USERSTAMP * TIMESTAMP
PATENTABSTRACT @ P * ABSTRACT# * PUBID * USERSTAMP * TIMESTAMP
PATENT @ PRDB1 (#) * DOCNUM * DOCOFFICE * DOCTYPE# * PUBID o APPDATE o APPNUM o APPOFFICE * USERSTAMP * TIMESTAMP
NUCSTRUCTUREFEATURE @ PRD# * FEATID * FKEY# o ENUMBER o FREQUENCY o MODBASE o ORGANISM o RPTFAMILY * USERSTAMP * TIMESTAMP
NUCSEQ @ PRDB1 (#) * A_COUNT * C_COUNT * G_COUNT * OTHER_COUNT# * SEQID * T_COUNT o STRAND o TOPOLOGY * USERSTAMP * TIMESTAMP
NTX_TAX_NODE @ PRDB1 (#)# * TAX_ID o PARENT_ID o RANK o EMBL_CODE o DIV_ID * INHERIT_DIV_ID o GC_ID o INHERIT_GC_ID o MGC_ID o INHERIT_MGC_ID * HIDDEN o NO_SEQUENCE o REMARK
NTX_SYNONYM @ PRDB1 * TAX_ID * NAME_TXT o UNIQUE_NAME o NAME_CLASS * UPPER_NAME_TXT
NTX_RANK @ PRDB o RANK_ID# * RANK_TXT
NTX_CLASS @ PRDB1 o CLASS_CODE# * CLASS_TEXT o PRIORITY
LOCATION_TREE @ PRDB1 (#)# * LOCNODEID * ORDER_IN o COMPLEMENT o END_FSIZE o END_FTYPE o GAP_FSIZE o GAP_FTYPE o LITERAL o OPERATOR o PARENTID o REPLACE o REPL_STRING o SEG_END o SEG_GAP o SEG_START * SEQID o START_FSIZE o START_FTYPE * USERSTAMP * TIMESTAMP
KEYWORD_SYNONYM @ P# * KEYWORDID1# * KEYWORDID2
KEYWORD @ PRD * COMPRESSED_KW * KEYWORD# * KEYWORDID o DBCODE o DESCRIPTION * USERSTAMP * TIMESTAMP
JOURNALARTICLE @ PRDB1 (# * FIRSTPAGE * ISSN# * PUBID * VOLUME o ARTICLETYPE o ISSUE o LASTPAGE o ORDER_ON_PAGE o SUPPLEMENT * USERSTAMP * TIMESTAMP
INSTITUTE @ PRDB# * INSTITUTE# * INSTITUTE_NAME * USERSTAMP * TIMESTAMP
IMMUNOFEATURE @ PRDB# * FEATID * FKEY# o CHIMERIC o PSEUDO o READINGFRAME o TRANSL_TABLE_ID * USERSTAMP * TIMESTAMP
GENE @ PRDB1 (# * GENEID * GENENAME o DBCODE o EXTDBID o ORGANISM o PATHOLOGY o PRODUCT * USERSTAMP * TIMESTAMP
FEATURE_RELATIONSHIP @ PRDB1 (#)# * FEATID1# * FEATID2# * RELATION * USERSTAMP * TIMESTAMP
FEATURE_QUALIFIERS @ PRDB1 (#)# * FEATID# * ORDER_ON * QUAL# o TEXT o USERSTAMP o TIMESTAMP
ERROR_QUALIFIERS @ PRDB1 (## * FEATID# * ORDER_ON
DBENTRY_KEYWORD @ PR * KEYWORDID * DBENTRYID o USERSTAMP o TIMESTAMP
DBENTRY_DESCR @ PRD# * DBENTRYID# * LINE# * TEXT o USERSTAMP o TIMESTAMP
DBENTRY_COMMENT @ PR# * COMMENTID# * DBENTRYID * USERSTAMP * TIMESTAMP
DBENTRY @ PRDB1 (#) * BIOSEQID# * DBENTRYID * ENTRY_NAME * ENTRY_STATUS * PRIMARYACC# * VERSION# o ANN_DATE o CLEAN_LISTING o CONFIDENTIAL o DBCODE o EXT_DATE o EXT_VER o FIRST_CREATED o FIRST_PUBLIC o HOLD_DATE o MISSING_PAPER o PROJECT# o SUBMIT_TOOL o WAIT_FOR_PAPER * USERSTAMP * TIMESTAMP o FFDATE
DATABASE_XREF @ PRD * EBI_DB * ACC# o NID_TEXT o PID_TEXT * EXT_DB * PRIMARYID o SECONDARYID
COMMENT_TEXT @ PRD# * COMMENTID# * LINE# * TOPICTYPE o PRIVATE o TEXT...
CODONEXCEPTION @ PRD * AMINOACID * CODONSEQ# * CODONXID * FEATID o USERSTAMP o TIMESTAMP
CITATIONSEQFEATURE @ PRDB1 (#)# * FEATID# * PUBID# * SEQID * USERSTAMP * TIMESTAMP
CITATIONBIOSEQ @ PRDB1 (# * ORDERIN# * PUBID# * SEQID o CITCOMMENT o FULLSEQ o LOCNODEID o LOCTYPE * USERSTAMP * TIMESTAMP
BOOK @ PRDB1 (#) * BOOKTITLE * FIRSTPAGE * LASTPAGE# * PUBID * PUBLISHER o EDITION o ISBN o PUBPLACE o SERIES o VOLUME * USERSTAMP * TIMESTAMP
BIOSEQ @ PRDB1 (#) * BIOSEQTYPE * CHKSUM * MOLECULETYPE# * SEQID * SEQLEN o DDBJSID o EBISID o LOGSEQ o NCBIGI o PHYSEQ * USERSTAMP * TIMESTAMP
ACCPAIR @ PRDB1 (#)# * PRIMARY# * SECONDARY * USERSTAMP * TIMESTAMP
ACCEPTED @ PRDB1 (#) * ISSN# * PUBID o ARTICLETYPE o FIRSTPAGE o ISSUE o LASTPAGE o ORDER_ON_PAGE o SUPPLEMENT o VOLUME * USERSTAMP * TIMESTAMP
FK_ACCFK_ACCPAIR_127
FK_BIOSEQ_4
FK_BIOSEQ_5
FK_BOOK_59
FK_CITATIONBIOSEQ_60
FK_CITATIONBIOSEQ_61
FK_CITATIONSEQFEATURE_10
FK_CITATIONSEQFEATURE_92
FK_CODONEXCEPTION_50
FK_DBENTRY_25
FK_DBENTRY_COMMENT_100
FK_DBENTRY_DESCR_117
FK_DBENTRY_KEYWORD_39
FK_DBENTRY_KEYWORD_40
FK_ERROR_QUALIFIERS_122
FK_FEATURE_QUALIFIERS_121
FK_FEATURE_RELATIONSHIP_28FK_FEATURE_RELATIONSHIP_29
FK_GENE_64
FK_IMMUNOFEATURE_7
FK_JOURNALARTICLE_66
FK_LOCATION_TREE_68
FK_LOCATION_TREE_72
FK_NAME_CLASS
FK_NTX_SYNONYM_46
FK_NUCSEQ_76
FK_NUCSTRUCTUREFEATURE_55
FK_NUCSTRUCTUREFEATURE_57
FK_PATENTABSTRACT_1FK_PATENTAPPLICANT_2
FK_PATENTCLASS_98FK_PATENTPRIORITY_97
FK_PATENT_77
FK_PATENT_BIOSEQ_107
FK_PATENT_BIOSEQ_108
FK_PERSONALCOMM_3
FK_PROTEINCODINGFEATURE_12
FK_PROTEINCODINGFEATURE_13
FK_PROTEINSEQ_80
FK_PROTEINSEQ_81
FK_PUBAUTHOR_82
FK_PUBAUTHOR_83FK_PUB_XREF_1
FK_RANK
FK_RNAFEATURE_15
FK_RPTUNIT_109
FK_SEQFEATURE_35
FK_SEQFEATURE_36
FK_SEQFEATURE_NOTE_78
FK_SIGNALFEATURE_18
FK_SOURCEFEATURE_20FK_SOURCEFEATURE_21
FK_SUBMISSIONREF_119
FK_THESIS_106
FK_THESIS_84
FK_THESIS_85
FK_TRANSCRIPTFEATURE_52
FK_TRANSLATIONEXCEPTION_110
FK_TRANSLATIONEXCEPTION_51
FK_UNCLASSIFIEDFEATURE_118
FK_UNPUBLISHED_114
FK_VARIATIONFEATURE_48
Location Info
Feature Info
Taxonomy Info
Reference InfoSequence Info
Data Access and UseNetwork servicesSequence Retrieval System (SRS)integrating and linking the main nucleotide and protein databases plus many specialized databasesDatabase releases are produced quarterly- via FTP (inc. mirror sites) and CD-ROMDaily and cumulative updates via FTPSequence search servers
April 2003: TrEMBL 23.4 + SWISS-PROT 41.2
829,111 TrEMBL entries 123,721 SWISS-PROT entriesweekly production of a non-redundant and comprehensive protein sequence database consisting of SWISS-PROT, TrEMBL, and TrEMBLnew: ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/sp_tr_nrdb/
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Automatic annotation of TrEMBL
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SWISS-PROT, TrEMBL, InterPro, etc, at EBI and SIB •Group leaders: Rolf Apweiler, Amos Bairoch•Co-ordinators:Wolfgang Fleischmann, Henning Hermjakob, Michele Magrane, Maria-Jesus Martin, Nicola Mulder, Claire O’Donovan, Manuela Pruess•Annotators/curators: Philippe Aldebert, Andrea Auchincloss, Kirsty Bates, Marie-Claude Blatter Garin, Brigitte Boeckmann, Silvia Braconi Quintaj, Paul Browne, Evelyn Camon, Danielle Coral, Elisabeth Coudert, Tania de Oliveria Lima, Kirill Degtyarenko, Sylvie Dethiollaz, Ann Estreicher, Livia Famiglietti, Nathalie Farriol-Mathis, Stephanie Federico, Serenella Ferro, Gill Fraser, Raffaella Gatto, Vivienne Gerritsen, Arnaud Gos, Nadine Gruaz-Gumowski, Ursula Hinz, Chantal Hulo, Janet James, Florence Jungo, Vivien Junker, Youla Karavidopoulou, Maria Krestyaninova, Kati Laiho, Minna Lehvaslaiho, Karine Michoud, Virginie Mittard, Madelaine Moinat, Sandra Orchard, Sandrine Pilbout, Sylvain Poux, Sorogini Reynaud, Catherine Rivoire, Bernd Röchert, Michel Schneider, Christian Sigrist, Andre Stutz, Shyamala Sundaram, Michael Tognolli, Sandra van den Broek, Bob Vaughan, Eleanor Whitfield•Programmers: Daniel Barrell, David Binns, Michael Darsow, Ujjwal Das, Eduardo de Castro, Alexander Fedotov, Astrid Fleischmann, Elisabeth Gasteiger, Alain Gateau, Andre Hackmann, Ivan Ivanyi, Eric Jain, Alexander Kanapin, Paul Kersey, Ernst Kretschmann, Corinne Lachaize, Chris Lewington, Xavier Martin, John Maslen, Peter McLaren, Rupinder Singh Mazara, Lorna Morris, John O’Rourke, Isabelle Phan, Astrid Rakow, Kai Runte, Florence Servant, Allyson Williams, Dan Wu•Research staff: Kristian Axelsen, Pierre-Alain Binz, Nicolas Hulo, Anne-Lise Veuthey•Clerical/secretarial assistance: Veronique Mangold, Claudia Sapsezian, Margaret Shore-Nye, Veronique Verbegue•Students: Pavel Dobrokhotov, Alexandre Gattiker, various MCF, etc