New 68.0 XML Release of PIR-PSD and Enhanced Web Site

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        ANNOUNCING RELEASE 68.0 in XML
PIR-INTERNATIONAL PROTEIN SEQUENCE DATABASE (PIR-PSD)
        Containing 219,241 Annotated Entries
            http://pir.georgetown.edu
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The PIR-PSD Release 68.0 is downloadable from the FTP site at the
following locations:

(1) For XML and DTD Files:
ftp://nbrfa.georgetown.edu/pir/databases/pir_xml/
(2) For FASTA Sequence Files:
ftp://nbrfa.georgetown.edu/pir/databases/pir_fasta/
(3) For CODATA Format Data Files:
ftp://nbrfa.georgetown.edu/pir/databases/pir_codata/
(4) For NBRF Format Data Files:
ftp://nbrfa.georgetown.edu/pir/databases/pir_nbrf/

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          ANNOUNCING THE UPGRADE OF THE PIR WEB SITE
                   http://pir.georgetown.edu/
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The PIR Web site has been upgraded with a user-friendly navigation
system, new search tools, and new graphical interfaces. Come take a
look:

- Database Information Page: Information on PIR-PSD and Auxiliary
Databases
 http://pir.georgetown.edu/pirwww/dbinfo/dbinfo.html

-  Search Sequence and Database Retrieval:
http://pir.georgetown.edu/pirwww/search/searchseq.html

- Updated PIR-PSD Retrieval System:
http://pir.georgetown.edu/pirwww/search/textpsd.shtml
New feature of the PIR-PSD:  Batch Retrieval that allows users to
retrieve multiple protein sequences in PIR-PSD

- New HMM (Hidden Markov Model) Domain/Motif Search:
http://pir.georgetown.edu/pirwww/search/pirhmm.html
Search a query sequence against HMM profiles for PIR or Pfam domains or
iProclass motifs, or build a HMM profile, and search the profile against
the PIR-PSD.

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