title: The SWISS-PROT protein sequence data bank: current status.
abstract: SWISS-PROT is an annotated protein sequence database established in 1986 and maintained collaboratively, since 1988, by the Department of Medical Biochemistry of the University of Geneva and the EMBL Data Library. The SWISS-PROT protein sequence data bank consist of sequence entries. Sequence entries are composed of different lines types, each with their own format. For standardization purposes the format of SWISS-PROT follows as closely as possible that of the EMBL Nucleotide Sequence Database. A sample SWISS-PROT entry is shown in Figure 1.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bairoch
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authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Boeckmann
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D016208:Databases, Factual; D030342:Genetic Diseases, Inborn / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins