Lecture 1

ASCII= format of text editing. Don't use function keys for text editin-g. The converter won't be able to recognize and ignore those keys. Also, when performing sequence alignment, those function keys will introduce error to the result.  DO not use MS WORDS for text editing when performing sequence alignment and data management. Use NOTEPAD instant.


Sequence format: Genbank-Amercia flatfile format, EMBL-European flatfile format. Fasta-simplest format, starts with a > and end with **.

Sequence database: Genbank, EMBL, DDBJ. They are databases from different part of the world. but they can talk to each other.

Entrez:

- a collective resource of sequences from several sources, including GenBank, Reference Sequence (RefSeq: for redundant datasets), and Protein Database (PDB).
- Lets a user access and retrieve specific information from a single database in addition to accessing integrated information from numerous NCBI databases. i.e. Genbank, EMBL, DDBJ