15.oct.1996

NOTE! THIS PAGE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION
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Things that might be added:
o GC content
o Number of expressed genes
o Accession code for completed genomes



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Database format


For each organism the following is stated:

ORGANISM        linnean binominal
COMMON_NAME
CLASSIFICATION  taxonomic nomenclature (after SwissProt)
COMPLETED       has the genome been completely sequenced? (yes/no)
GB_RELEASE      GenBank release used for statistics below
GB_ENTRIES      number of entries in GenBank (rel.GB_RELEASE) 
GB_BASEPAIRS    number of basepairs in GenBank (rel.GB_RELEASE)
GENOME_SIZE     haploid size in basepairs, estimated or actual
REF_TYPE	number (>1 if several references)
	        (reference type: article, book, www, unconfirmed)
REF_ADDRESS	WWW-address	
REF_AUTHOR	
REF_TITLE
REF_JOURNAL
REF_VOLUME
REF_PAGES
REF_YEAR
//		delimiter



Example:

ORGANISM        Arabidopsis thaliana
COMMON_NAME     mouse-ear cress
CLASSIFICATION  eukaryota; planta; embryophyta; angiospermae; dicotyledoneae;
                capparales; cruciferae.
COMPLETED       no
GB_RELEASE      92.0
GB_ENTRIES      23815
GB_BASEPAIRS    11408751
GENOME_SIZE     100000000 
REF_TYPE	1 article
REF_AUTHOR      Renate Schmidt, Joanne West, Karina Love, Zoe Lenehan,
                Clare Lister, Helen Thompson, David Bouchez, Caroline Dean
REF_TITLE       Physical Map and Organization of Arabidopsis thaliana
                Chomosome 4
REF_JOURNAL     Science
REF_VOLUME      270
REF_PAGES       480-483
REF_YEAR        1995
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