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From: jes@mbio.med.upenn.edu (Joe Smith)
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Subject: Quality of submitted data
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Could someone quote or point me to the policy on review of data
submitted to GenBank (and/or the other databases)?  Is it entirely up
to the submitter, or are there guidelines similar to those for
reviewed publications (e.g. at least one reading of both strands).

There must be a policy on this, but it came up last week and I
couldn't find the authoritative answer.  The specific question was:
``under what circumstances is it acceptable for N's to appear in a
submitted sequence? (I count 2155 sequences with 'other' bases in
GB53)'' It would seem to be a difficult issue with regard to
submission of 'preliminary' data.

<Joe

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 Joe Smith
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