Databases are convenient and efficient methods of storing vast

amount of data.
Biological databases are computer sites that store, organize and
disseminate files that contain information consisting of literature
references, nucleic acid sequences, protein sequences, and protein
structure.
Biological databases can be classified into sequence databases and
structure databases
SOURCES ON THE WEB FOR SOME
IMPORTANT DATABASES
Sl.
no
Subject
source
1. Nucleic acid sequence databases GenBank
SRS at EMBL/EBI
DDBJ
2. Protein sequence databases GenBank
SWISS-PROT atEXPASY
PIR, MIPS
UNPROT-KB,SWISS-PROT,TrEMBL
3. Protein strucyure databases Protein Data Bank
4. others OWL
PROSITE, PRINTS
BLOCKS, IDENTITY
Profiles, Pfam, ProWeb
SCOP,CATH
PDB