UniProt Knowledgebase: a hub of integrated protein data

Magrane, Michele

doi:10.1093/database/bar009

articleDatabaseMar 29, 2011GOLD OA

UniProt Knowledgebase: a hub of integrated protein data

MMMichele Magrane

Wellcome Trust · Georgetown University · +4 more institutions

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Abstract

The UniProt Knowledgebase (UniProtKB) acts as a central hub of protein knowledge by providing a unified view of protein sequence and functional information. Manual and automatic annotation procedures are used to add data directly to the database while extensive cross-referencing to more than 120 external databases provides access to additional relevant information in more specialized data collections. UniProtKB also integrates a range of data from other resources. All information is attributed to its original source, allowing users to trace the provenance of all data. The UniProt Consortium is committed to using and promoting common data exchange formats and technologies, and UniProtKB data is made freely…

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Michele MagraneCorresponding
Wellcome Trust, Georgetown University, European Bioinformatics Institute, Georgetown University Medical Center, University of Delaware, SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics

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UniProt
Computer science
Annotation
World Wide Web
Database
Information retrieval
Artificial intelligence
Biology

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