From bronze!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!bionet!wisp.nlm.nih.gov Thu Jun 11 12:38:10 EST 1992 Article: 119 of bionet.announce Xref: bronze bionet.announce:119 bionet.general:3497 Path: bronze!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!bionet!wisp.nlm.nih.gov From: federhen@wisp.nlm.nih.gov (Scott Federhen) Newsgroups: bionet.announce,bionet.general Subject: NCBI Data Repository CD-ROM Message-ID: <1992Jun11.154622.7247@nlm.nih.gov> Date: 11 Jun 92 15:46:22 GMT Sender: kristoff@genbank.bio.net Organization: National Library of Medicine Lines: 147 Approved: bionews-moderator@genbank.bio.net The first release of the NCBI Data Repository CD-ROM is now available. The NCBI Data Repository was established as a service for providing a public distribution site for databases maintained by individual developers or groups. The databases and software are not officially supported or maintained by NCBI nor does NCBI assume responsibility for the accuracy or reliability of the data or software. Each data collection is solely the responsibility of the individual developer and the data is made available by NCBI 'as is'. The Data Repository CD-ROMs are currently being distributed at no charge on an experimental basis; a subscription service may be set up for future releases. New releases are planned for every six months, with the next release scheduled for October, 1992. The frequency of releases may be increased depending on the demand for the CD-ROMs and the updating frequency of the individual databases. The Data Repository is also accessible over the Internet by anonymous FTP to 'ncbi.nlm.nih.gov' (130.14.20.1). Under the directory 'repository', each collection of data is stored in individual subdirectories and is accompanied by README files for file descriptions and the names of contacts. Questions, suggestions, requests for copies of the CD-ROM, and proposals for additions to the repository should be addressed to 'repository@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov', or: NCBI Data Repository National Library of Medicine Bldg. 38A, Rm 8N-803 Bethesda, MD 20894 Phone: (301) 496-2475 Scott Federhen Manager, NCBI Data Repository LIST OF DATABASES ON REPOSITORY CD-ROM tfd - Transcription Factor Database. A relational database of transcription factors maintained by David Ghosh (ghosh@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov), NCBI. Last update: Mar. 10, 1992. ngdd - Normalized Gene Designation Database. Normalized gene maps for E.coli, Salmonella, Bacillus Subtilus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Caulobacter crescentus from Yvon Abel and Robert Cedergen, University of Montreal. Last update: Jun. 25, 1990. epd - Eukaryotic Promoter Database. A collection of biologically functional, experimentally defined RNA POL II promoters active in higher eukaryotes. Maintained by Philipp Bucher (Philipp.Bucher@Isrec.Arcom.ch). Last update: Apr. 3, 1992. limb - LIsting of Molecular Biology databases. A collection of information about the content and maintenance of a large number of databases of interest to the molecular biology community. Maintained by Graham Redgrave (gwr@life.lanl.gov), Los Alamos National Laboratory. Last update: Mar. 26, 1991. compound - A knowledge base of compounds involved in intermediate metabolism. Maintained by Peter Karp, SRI. (pkarp@ai.sri.com) Last update: Jan. 29, 1992. metproto - A database of metabolic reactions, and associated DOD software. Maintained by Ray Ochs, Kansas State University. (rso2@po.cwru.edu) Last update: Apr. 24, 1992. rebase - Restriction Enzyme Database. A collection of information about restriction enzymes, their cutting sites and commercial sources. Maintained by Richard Roberts, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. (roberts@cshl.org) Last update: Mar. 16, 1992. prosite - An annotated database of protein sequence motifs. Maintained by Amos Bairoch, University of Geneva. (bairoch@cmu.unige.ch) Last update: Mar. 13, 1992. enzyme - The Enzyme Data Bank, a database of information about enzymes, including names, catalytic activity, cofactors, and pointers to relevant entries in sequence databases. This directory also includes an ASN.1 encoding of the database. Maintained by Amos Bairoch, University of Geneva. (bairoch@cmu.unige.ch) Last update: Mar. 13, 1992. eco - An E. coli genomic database. This directory includes DOS and Mac software. Maintained by Kenn Rudd, NCBI. (rudd@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov) Last update: Jan. 7, 1992. flybase - The Drosophila Genetic Database, the genomic database for the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. Maintained by Michael Ashburner, (ma11@phx.cam.ac.uk) Last update: Mar. 9, 1992. acedb - A C. elgans Database, the genomic database for the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. This directory includes software and an installation script for running the system on several hardware platforms, including SPARCstations, DECstations, and SGIs. Maintained by Richard Durbin (rd@cele.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk) and Jean Thierry-Mieg (mieg@frmop11.bitnet) Last update: Apr. 24, 1992. kabat - A collection of sequences of immunological importance, including protein and nucleic acid sequences and alignments. Compiled by Elvin Kabat (kabat@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov). Maintained by Harold Perry (hperry@bbn.com) Last update: Mar. 9, 1992. aids-db - A collection of sequences related to the HIV family of viruses. Gerry Myers, LANL. (glm@life.lanl.gov) Kersti MacInnes, LANL. (kam@life.lanl.gov) Last update: Apr. 22, 1992. carbbank - A PC-based database and software system which contains information about the structure of complex carbohydrates. This includes the Complex Carbohydrate Structure Database (CCSD) and the CarbBank software system. Maintained by Dana Smith, Scott Doubet and Peter Albersheim. (CarbBank@UGA.bitnet) or (76424.1122@compuserve.com) Last update: Mar. 9, 1992. blocks - A database of protein sequence homology blocks, constructed from SwissProt and PROSITE. Includes unix and dos software packages used to make the database. Maintained by Steven and Jorga Henikoff. (henikoff@sparky.fhcrc.org) Last update: Feb. 28, 1992. t4phage - A genomic database for the T4 phage. Maintained by Elizabeth Kutter, University of Washington (t4phage@u.washington.edu) and David Batts, Evergreen State College (t4@milton.u.washington.edu) Last update: Mar. 25, 1992. eco2dbase - The E. coli gene-protein database, which links information about E. coli genes and their protein spots on 2-D gels. Maintained by Frederick C. Neidhart, University of Michigan. Last update: Mar. 10, 1992. pkinases - A non-redundant annotated collection of protein kinase sequences. Maintained by Anne Marie Quinn, Salk Institute. (quinn@salk-sc2.sdsc.edu) rldb - The Reference Library DataBase, a collection of information about the chromosomal locations of a set of publicly available DNA probes. Maintained by Guenther Zehetner, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Genome Analysis Laboratory. (G_Zehetner@icrf.ac.uk) Last update: Apr. 23, 1992. Scott federhen@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov