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From: dd@beta.lanl.gov (Dan Davison)
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Subject: Re: What's in EMBL that's not in GenBank?
Summary: generally equal
Message-ID: <28179@beta.lanl.gov>
Date: 15 Jul 89 04:41:57 GMT
References: <3863@phri.UUCP>
Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory
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In article <3863@phri.UUCP>, roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) writes:
> 	Can anybody who has used both the EMBL and GenBank nucleotide
> databases tell me how much (if anything) is in one that isn't in the other?

Disclaimer: I work at T-10, Los Alamos National Laboratory, but I'm
not part of the GenBank project.  Comments here are worth what you
paid for them...


In general, data in one appears in the other.  Delays are due to the
different release schedules of the two databases.  A rule of thumb
is if a sequence is from a European journal the data will appear first
in the EMBL database, and American journals will have data appear first
in GenBank.

If you are concerned, you could get GenBank releases regularly,
then check the EMBL server once a week for new entries.  EMBL
adds completed entries to their BITNET mail server daily.  I will
do the same for my GenBank mail server beginning in October, I hope.
I've just posted a message about the GenBank mail server in the last
two days.  Send e-mail if you want more information about it.

dna dan
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