>> Now I am confused?? I was under the impression that one could purchase
> the GenBank database from NCBI for a very reasonable fee (<$250 US/yr)
> Then the idea was you could convert this to GCG format without too much
> trouble. Certainly the cost of maintaining an onsite database at these
> prices would out weigh the time required to convert to GCG format.
>> Jeff Smith
> East Carolina University
>
It is not an impression. You are perfectly right.
Our subscription to EMBL costs £30 per CD-ROM thus £120 per year thus, as you
say, <$250.
The flat files can then be converted to the GCG format (through EMBLTOGCG)
without _any_ problem. Same thing, of course, for Genbank.
This is why we do not subscribe to the GCG databanks option....
Cheers,
Jean-Loup
