Amos Bairoch announced a new version of SeqAnalRef which
now includes Abstracts from many of the papers.
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"SeqAnalRef is a bibliographic reference data bank relative to papers dealing
with sequence analysis. The majority of entries belong to one of the following
categories:
- Algorithms for protein and nucleic acid sequence analysis
- Algorithms for sequence-based phylogenetic analysis.
- Descriptions of biopolymer data banks
- Descriptions of software packages.
- Descriptions of on-line services for molecular biologists.
WHATS NEW ? !!!!!! VERY IMPORTANT !!!!!!
We normally do not announce new releases of SeqAnalRef as the data base is
updated every other month, but this release brings an important new
improvement. In addition to the data file containing the references
(SEQANALR.DAT) [2027 references in this release], there is a new file
(SEQANALR.ABS) containing the full text of the abstracts of some of the
papers [993 in this release] referenced in SeqAnalRef.
Cross-referencing between the two files is done using the Reference
identifier (on the ID line). Example:
+----------+
| |
| ID HENS9101
| RM 92093619
| RA Henikoff S., Henikoff J.G.;
| RT "Automatic generation of protein blocks for database searching.";
| RL Nucleic Acids Res. 19:6565-6572(1991).
| KW PROTEIN; SIMILARITY SEARCH; PATTERN; PROSITE.
| CC Abstract.
| // |
| |
| v
| Indicates that the abstract for this reference is available
v
{HENS9101}
{BEGIN}
A system is described for finding and assembling the most highly conserved
regions of related proteins for database searching. First, an automated
version of Smith's algorithm for finding motifs is used for sensitive
detection of multiple local alignments. Next, ...."
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Well now you can search both the references and the Abstracts with
Gopher. Just point your gopher client at merlot.welch.jhu.edu
(port 70) and go to the following directories:
--> 13. Search Databases at Welchlab (Cloning Vectors, Euk. Promoters, NR/
and then
8. Seqanalref - Sequence Analysis Bibliographic Reference Data Bank/
Where you will find two search options - one for the reference citations
and one for the abstracts. You can search the abstracts - choose the
ones you like and pull up the reference with the associated Reference
identifier (see above) or you can search the references and pull up the
abstracts - also using the Reference identifier.
--> 1. Seqanalref - Abstracts <?>
2. Seqanalref - References <?>
You may search this database using booleans (and, not), phrase searches (" ")
and wildcards (*) as the search is running off of Don Gilbert's modified Wais
code (Kudos to Don!).
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Many kudos go to Amos Bairoch et al. for providing this excellent
database - and especially for all the work it took to add the abstracts.
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Happy searching,
Dan Jacobson
danj at welchgate.welch.jhu.edu
