Appendix C: NCBI Database: A Brief Account
CS Mukhopadhyay and RK Choudhary
School of Animal Biotechnology, GADVASU, Ludhiana
The information on each of the databases listed below has been collected from NCBI. In several cases, the description of the databases will be verbatim to that available in the NCBI pages. The information regarding these databases has been taken from NCBI‐guide (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/guide/) and related sites.
| SN | Databases | Features |
| 1 | Assembly | This database maintains and periodically updates organism‐wise information on assembled genomes (WGS) or complete chromosome sequence of prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms. |
| 2 | Bio project | This database holds data and information related to a single project or a consortium. It enables users to obtain voluminous data belonging to a project, in one place. The type of records maintained in Bioprojects are Genome sequencing and assembly; Metagenomes; Genetic or RH maps; Targeted locus sequencing; Epigenetics; Phenotype or Genotype and Variation detection, Transcriptome sequencing and expression. |
| 3 | Biosystems | A data repository of information (list, sequence, structure) regarding biological molecules (genes, proteins, small molecules) and pathways involved in biological systems. This includes data from BioCyc (including its Tier 1 EcoCyc and MetaCyc databases and its tier 2 databases), KEGG, Reactome, the National Cancer Institute’s Pathway Interaction Database, WikiPathways and Gene Ontology (GO). |
| 4 | Bookshelf | A database of ... |
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