International Mammalian Genome Society

The 15th International Mouse Genome Conference (2001)

Table of Contents * Complex Genetics * Developmental Genetics * Gene Annotation * Gene Discovery * Genome Sequencing * Functional Genomics * Mutagenesis * Presentations * Verne Chapman Memorial Lecture

POSTER 139 - MUS MUSCULUS IN THE SWISS-PROT DATABASE: CURRENT STATUS AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

Ms. Michele Magrane
European Bioinformatics Institute
Wellcome Trust Genome Campus
Hinxton
Cambridge
CB10 1SD
UK

Co-Authors: Apweiler R
Institutions: EMBL Outstation - European Bioinformatics Institute

SWISS-PROT is a curated, non-redundant protein sequence database which provides a high level of annotation and integration with other databases. TrEMBL, its computer-annotated supplement, contains translations of all coding sequences in the EMBL Nucleotide Sequence Database which are not yet in SWISS-PROT. The mouse is one of a number of model organisms which has been selected for priority annotation in SWISS-PROT and this means that new sequences and updates are added to the database quickly and cross-references to the Mouse Genome Database (MGD) as well as to a wide range of other databases are provided to allow users to access additional information. SWISS-PROT currently contains 4491 mouse entries with 4078 cross-references to MGD while TrEMBL contains 16611 mouse entries with 12243 MGD cross-references. A number of recent developments have taken place in the SWISS-PROT database with regard to the mouse including the production of a non-redundant mouse proteome set with comprehensive statistical and comparative analysis.