title: The European Bioinformatics Institute's data resources.
abstract: As the amount of biological data grows, so does the need for biologists to store and access this information in central repositories in a free and unambiguous manner. The European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI) hosts six core databases, which store information on DNA sequences (EMBL-Bank), protein sequences (SWISS-PROT and TrEMBL), protein structure (MSD), whole genomes (Ensembl) and gene expression (ArrayExpress). But just as a cell would be useless if it couldn't transcribe DNA or translate RNA, our resources would be compromised if each existed in isolation. We have therefore developed a range of tools that not only facilitate the deposition and retrieval of biological information, but also allow users to carry out searches that reflect the interconnectedness of biological information. The EBI's databases and tools are all available on our website at www.ebi.ac.uk.
authors.affiliation: EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK. cath@ebi.ac.uk
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brooksbank
authors.forename: Evelyn
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Camon
authors.forename: Midori A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Magrane
authors.forename: Maria Jesus
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mulder
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: O'Donovan
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Parkinson
authors.forename: Mary Ann
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Tuli
authors.forename: Rolf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Apweiler
authors.forename: Ewan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Birney
authors.forename: Alvis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brazma
authors.forename: Kim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Henrick
authors.forename: Rodrigo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lopez
authors.forename: Guenter
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stoesser
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stoehr
authors.forename: Graham
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cameron
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019295:Computational Biology; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003625:Data Collection; D030541:Databases, Genetic; D030562:Databases, Protein; D005060:Europe; D023281:Genomics; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D020407:Internet; D008958:Models, Molecular; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D020539:Sequence Analysis, Protein; D017423:Sequence Analysis, RNA; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins