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From: Rainer.Fuchs%EMBL@PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU ("Rainer Fuchs ", EMBL Data Library)
Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.embldatabank
Subject: Re: H E L P
Message-ID: <9101100434.AA09820@genbank.bio.net>
Date: 9 Jan 91 21:43:00 GMT
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>Could somebody please e-mail me the answer to the following questions
>
>1) How often does the EMBL databse get updated?

There are four quarterly releases per year which are distributed on magtape
and CD-ROM. Between release new entries can be retrieved from the EMBL File
Server (see below). They are available as soon as they are finished by the
Data Library staff.

>2) What is the latest release of the database (24 ?)

The current release is Rel. 25 (November 1990). The next release is scheduled
for February 1991.

>3) Is EMBL database a public domain DB? if so where can I find it
>(name of ftp site, etc) if not whom should I contact for subscription?

There are no limitations on the usage and distribution of the EMBL sequence
database. For subscription information contact DATALIB@EMBL.BITNET.
All entries are also available free of charge from the EMBL File Server. To
get information about this service, send a mail message to
NETSERV@EMBL.BITNET, and include the one line
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