In message <9109051505.AA06174 at genbank.bio.net> Cary O'Donnell asks
> 2) Is there an 'official' reference to the XQS, NAQ and PSQ programs?
The references (in Scribe/BibTeX format) are as follows for the PIR, XQS, NAQ
and PSQ in order (see the appropriate tags):
@article{PIRcite1,
author = "Kathryn E. Sidman and David G. George and Winona C. Barker
and Lois T. Hunt",
title = "The protein identification resource {(PIR)}",
year = 1988,
journal = "Nucleic Acids Res.",
volume = "16",
pages = "1869-1871"}
@article{PIRcite2,
author = "Winona C. Barker and David G. George and Lois T. Hunt",
title = "Protein sequence database",
year = 1990,
journal = "Meth.\ Enzymol."
volume = "183",
pages = "31-49"}
@article{PIRcite3,
author = "Winona C. Barker and David G. George and Lois T. Hunt and
John S. Garavelli",
title = "The {PIR} protein sequence database",
year = 1991,
journal = "Nucleic Acids Res.",
volume = "19",
number = "Supplement",
pages = "2231-2236"}
@inbook{PIRsoftware,
author = "David G. George and Lois T. Hunt and Winona C. Barker",
title = "The Protein Identification Resource (PIR) Software",
year = "1988",
pages = "100-115",
booktitle = "Computational Molecular Biology: Sources and Methods for Sequence
Analysis",
editor = "A. Lesk",
publisher = "Oxford University Press",
address = "Oxford, New York, Tokyo",
grants = "RR01821"}
@booklet{XQSrel,
author = "Lois T. Hunt",
title = "Protein Identification Resource Newsletter",
volume = "9",
month = "May",
year = 1990,
publisher = "National Biomedical Research Foundation",
address = "Washington, DC"}
@article{NAQ,
author = "Bruce C. Orcutt and David G. George and John A. Fredrickson
and Margaret O. Dayhoff",
title = "Nucleic acid sequence database computer system",
year = 1982,
journal = NAR,
volume = "10",
pages = "157-174"}
@article{PSQ,
author = "Bruce C. Orcutt and David G. George and Margaret O. Dayhoff",
title = "Protein and nucleic acid sequence database computer systems",
year = 1983,
journal = "Ann.\ Rev.\ Biophys.\ Bioeng.",
volume = "12",
pages = "419-441"}
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Dr. John S. Garavelli
Database Coordinator
Protein Identification Resource
National Biomedical Research Foundation
Washington, DC 20007
POSTMASTER at GUNBRF.BITNET