Types of
Databases module of the MLA course on Introduction to Molecular Biology
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Types of Databases - By Scope

Comprehensive

Contain data from many organisms and many different types of sequences. Examples:

Nucleotide

GenBank
EMBL: European Molecular Biology Laboratory
DDBJ: DNA Data Bank of Japan
(The three databases above comprise the International Nucleotide Sequence Database Collaboration and currently include sequence data from >160,000 species.)

Protein

Protein Structure

MMDB: Molecular Modeling Database (based on PDB)
PDB: Protein Data Bank

Genomes and Maps

Entrez Genome

Specialized

Contain data from individual organisms, specific categories/functions of sequences, or data generated by specific sequencing technologies. Examples:

Organism Specific

Sequence Categories or Functions

Data Generated by Specific Sequencing Technologies

Types of Databases		Revised 11/01/2007