title: The SWISS-PROT protein sequence data bank and its supplement TrEMBL in 1998.
abstract: SWISS-PROT (http://www.expasy.ch/) is a curated protein sequence database which strives to provide a high level of annotations (such as the description of the function of a protein, its domains structure, post-translational modifications, variants, etc.), a minimal level of redundancy and high level of integration with other databases. Recent developments of the database include: an increase in the number and scope of model organisms; cross-references to two additional databases; a variety of new documentation files and improvements to TrEMBL, a computer annotated supplement to SWISS-PROT. TrEMBL consists of entries in SWISS-PROT-like format derived from the translation of all coding sequences (CDS) in the EMBL nucleotide sequence database, except the CDS already included in SWISS-PROT.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Geneva, 1 rue Michel Servet, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland. bairoch@chu.unige.ch
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bairoch
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Apweiler
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D016208:Databases, Factual / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins