Specialized Databases

Specialized Databases

Genetic Databases

Internationally available databases contain the sequences of genes, together with related information concerning the proteins they encode, their functions, disease associations, etc. These repositories capture the data emerging from the worldwide genome sequencing projects, and make it freely available to the community for all aspects of modern biological and biomedical research.

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