References

Articles (Database Collections)

• Wheeler DL, Barrett T, Benson DA, Bryant SH, Canese K, Chetvernin V, Church DM, DiCuccio M, Edgar R, Federhen S, Geer LY, Kapustin Y, Khovayko O, Landsman D, Lipman DJ, Madden TL, Maglott DR, Ostell J, Miller V, Pruitt KD, Schuler GD, Sequeira E, Sherry ST, Sirotkin K, Souvorov A, Starchenko G, Tatusov RL, Tatusova TA, Wagner L, Yaschenko E. 2007. Database resources of the National Center for Biotechnology Information. Nucleic Acids Res. 35(Database issue):D5-12 (January 1).   PubMed;  full text

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  • Galperin M.Y. 2007. The Molecular Biology Database Collection: 2007 update. Nucleic Acids Res. 35(Database Issue):D3-4 (January 1). PubMed;  full text
  • Complete table of contents for the NAR database issue
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Articles (individual, selected NCBI Databases)

GenBank

• Benson DA, Karsch-Mizrachi I, Lipman DJ, Ostell J, Wheeler DL. 2007. GenBank. Nucleic Acids Res. 35(Database issue):D21-25 (January 1).   PubMed;  full text

RefSeq

• Pruitt KD, Tatusova T, Maglott DR. 2007. NCBI reference sequences (RefSeq): a curated non-redundant sequence database of genomes, transcripts and proteins.. Nucleic Acids Res. 35(Database issue):D61-5 (January 1).   PubMed;  full text


• Pruitt KD, Tatusova T, Maglott DR. 2005. NCBI Reference Sequence (RefSeq): a curated non-redundant sequence database of genomes, transcripts and proteins. Nucleic Acids Res. 33(Database issue):D501-4 (January 1).   PubMed;  full text


• Pruitt KD, Tatusova T, Maglott DR. 2003. NCBI Reference Sequence project: update and current status. Nucleic Acids Res. 31(1):34-7 (January 1).   PubMed;  full text


• Pruitt KD, Tatusova T, Ostell J. 2002. The Reference Sequence (RefSeq) Project. IN The NCBI handbook [Internet], National Library of Medicine (US), National Center for Biotechnology Information, Bethesda, MD, Chapter 19. Available in the Entrez Books database


• Pruitt KD, Maglott DR. 2001. RefSeq and LocusLink: NCBI gene-centered resources. Nucleic Acids Res. 29(1):137-40 (January 1).   PubMed;  full text


• Pruitt KD, Katz KS, Sicotte H, Maglott DR. 2000. Introducing RefSeq and LocusLink: curated human genome resources at the NCBI. Trends Genet. 16(1):44-7 (January).   PubMed

GenBank, RefSeq, and UniProt compared:

• Tatusova, T. 2007.  GenBank, RefSeq, TPA and UniProt: What’s in a Name? Microbe Magazine. (May) 2007.   Letters (includes introductory note);  text of letter