Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!snorkelwacker!bionet!kristoff From: kristoff@genbank.bio.net (David Kristofferson) Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.genbank Subject: Re: Is it possible to get random genbank sequences through the net? Message-ID: Date: 24 Sep 90 16:33:19 GMT References: <9009171010.AA18854@genbank.bio.net> <90264.125319IO00865@MAINE.BITNET> Organization: GenBank Online Service Lines: 36 Here are the instructions for using the GenBank 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, GenPept New Data, GenPept current release, and Swiss-Prot 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 Manager kristoff@genbank.bio.net