title: An estimate of the sequencing error frequency in the DNA sequence databases.
abstract: We have examined vector sequences fortuitously present in the EMBL sequence database as contaminating parts of submitted sequences, and found a sequencing error frequency of 3.55% in this subset of release 27 of the database. We discuss the possibility that this value may be representative for corresponding errors in the database as a whole.
authors.affiliation: Biotechnology Centre of Oslo, University of Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kristensen
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lopez
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Prydz
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D004247:DNA; D016208:Databases, Factual / Q000592:standards*; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
chemical_list: D004247:DNA