smiyazaw@nig.ac.jp (Sanzo Miyazawa) (12/13/90)
E-mail network server for DNA/protein databases is available at
netserv@flat.nig.ac.jp
This site (flat.nig.ac.jp) is connected to the Internet with 64 kbps lines,
and so response time will be quite good if your site is also on the Internet.
Of course, this e-mail address can be reached via Bitnet, Csnet, Junet,
Janet,....
One of characteristics in this database server is that it provides a function
of keyword serach over database entries such as author name, Journal name,
and any sequence description.
The following is a brief manual for this database server.
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FLAT DB E-Mail Network Server
Sanzo Miyazawa
Phone: +81 559 83 0025
FAX: +81 559 75 6240
E-mail address for the server: netserv@flat.nig.ac.jp
E-mail address for inquiries: sanzo.miyazawa@flat.nig.ac.jp
Following commands are available.
scandir db-name [options] 'keyword[|keyword...]' 'keyword[|keyword...]'...
Scan directory files of the "db-name" database to find "keywords"
and output entry names and their definitions; keywords should be
expressed in the regular expression, that is,
key-1|key-2 key3 means "(key-1 or key-2) and key-3"
Options:
-i case insensitive
scanjou db-name 'journal' 'yesr' 'vol' ...
Scan journal index files of the "db-name" database to find specified
journals and output journal names and corresponding entry names.
Journal names in the command line are not case sensitive.
scanaut db-name 'Last-name,[First.Middle-Initial.]'
Scan author index files of the "db-name" database to find specified
author names and output author names and corresponding entry names
with their definitions.
Author names in the command line are not case sensitive.
scanacc db-name '#acc'
Scan accession number index files of the "db-name" database to find
specified accession numbers and output corresponding entry names
with their definitions.
scandb db-name [-1] [-o] {['entry'...]|[-a '#acc'...]}
Scan the "db-name" database to find specified entries or accession
numbers and output those entries.
Options:
-1 'Entry' or '#acc' may specify multiple entries in the DB.
-o The order of arguments is not significant; the order of entries
output may not be in the order specified in the command line.
db-name = ddbj | gb | gp | embl | swiss | pir | prf
ddbj: DDBJ DNA database; it is included in the GenBank and EMBL DBs.
gb or genbank: GenBank DNA database
Regular release and new entries which are updated
twice a day.
gp or genpept: GenBank Gene Product Database;
protein database translated from GenBank DNA database
embl: EMBL DNA database including new entries
swiss: SwissProt protein database
pir: PIR protein database
prf: Protein Research Foundation peptide database
Command names and others are case sensitive, unless specified.
Output may be limited to 2400 lines.
Examples:
Commands must be written not at the "Subject:" field but in a mail.
( "|" is not ";" but "bar".)
scandir gb -i 'oncogene' 'human' # oncogene and human
scanjou gb 'J. Biochem.|Biochem.' '1989' #J. Biochem. or Biochem.
scanaut gb 'Miyazawa,S.'
scandb gb 'AGMERLTR1'
scandb gb -a 'M11391'
scandir gb 'oncogene' | scandb gb # get entries of "oncogene"