roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) (07/15/89)
Can anybody who has used both the EMBL and GenBank nucleotide
databases tell me how much (if anything) is in one that isn't in the other?
We currently have a subscription to GB and are considering subscribing to
EMBL. If there isn't really anything in EMBL that isn't already in GB, then
it isn't worth the cost and effort (and, more importantly, disk space) to
maintiain both. The same question applies to SWISS-PROT and Dayhoff (PIR).
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Roy Smith, Public Health Research Institute
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"The connector is the network"dd@beta.lanl.gov (Dan Davison) (07/15/89)
In article <3863@phri.UUCP>, roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) writes: > Can anybody who has used both the EMBL and GenBank nucleotide > databases tell me how much (if anything) is in one that isn't in the other? Disclaimer: I work at T-10, Los Alamos National Laboratory, but I'm not part of the GenBank project. Comments here are worth what you paid for them... In general, data in one appears in the other. Delays are due to the different release schedules of the two databases. A rule of thumb is if a sequence is from a European journal the data will appear first in the EMBL database, and American journals will have data appear first in GenBank. If you are concerned, you could get GenBank releases regularly, then check the EMBL server once a week for new entries. EMBL adds completed entries to their BITNET mail server daily. I will do the same for my GenBank mail server beginning in October, I hope. I've just posted a message about the GenBank mail server in the last two days. Send e-mail if you want more information about it. dna dan -- dan davison/theoretical biology/t-10 ms k710/los alamos national laboratory los alamos, nm 87545/dd@lanl.gov (arpa)/dd@lanl.uucp(new)/..cmcl2!lanl!dd
wrp@biochsn.acc.Virginia.EDU (William R. Pearson) (07/17/89)
In article <3863@phri.UUCP> roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) writes:
]
] Can anybody who has used both the EMBL and GenBank nucleotide
]databases tell me how much (if anything) is in one that isn't in the other?
]We currently have a subscription to GB and are considering subscribing to
]EMBL. If there isn't really anything in EMBL that isn't already in GB, then
]it isn't worth the cost and effort (and, more importantly, disk space) to
]maintiain both. The same question applies to SWISS-PROT and Dayhoff (PIR).
]--
]Roy Smith, Public Health Research Institute
]455 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016
]{att,philabs,cmcl2,rutgers,hombre}!phri!roy -or- roy@alanine.phri.nyu.edu
]"The connector is the network"
This is a question that is best answered by the U. Wiconsin
people, or a subscriber to their software. They distribute a version
of the EMBL database that has had Genbank entries removed. I checked
the size of the EMBL file, it is approximately 10% larger than the PRIMATE
file on GENBANK.
Bill Pearson