Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!iuvax!bionet!kristoff From: kristoff@genbank.BIO.NET (David Kristofferson) Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.genbank Subject: Re: Time lag for sequence appearence Message-ID: Date: 17 Jan 90 17:46:56 GMT References: <9001171536.AA02450@histone.lanl.gov> Organization: GenBank Online Service Lines: 44 From Dr. de Wachter: >- can sequences automatically be retrieved using this same e-mail number or is > there another access to the file server? >- can we ask on-line help? >- how would a retrieval using the accession number of a particular sequence, > for example M22441, look like? Dr. de Wachter's question was answered previously by private mail but for the sake of general information I provide the following instructions from our database entry retrieval server: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Database entries can be retrieved by either locus name or accession number. To use the GenBank Retrieval System, send an electronic message to RETRIEVE@GENBANK.BIO.NET containing as text (leave the Subject: line blank) either an accession number, or an entry name, but not both. The message text should contain exactly one word. The data banks are searched in the order: GenBank New Data, GenBank current release, EMBL New Data, EMBL current release, and Swiss-Prot (available mid-January 1990), until a match is found. If an entry exists in both GenBank and EMBL with the same accession number (the usual case), a query on the accession number will return the GenBank version of the entry. If the EMBL-format version is required, it can be retrieved from the file server at NETSERV@EMBL.BITNET (for instructions send a message containing the line HELP to that address). An electronic version of the sequence data submission form used by the sequence data banks is also available through the RETRIEVE server. To receive a copy, send a message containing the word DATASUB as the only line. Instructions for completing and submitting the form are included. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to mail them to RETRIEVE-REQUEST@GENBANK.BIO.NET. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Sincerely, Dave Kristofferson GenBank On-line Service Manager kristoff@genbank.bio.net