Created at Georgetown University Medical Center, this website hosts the Protein Information Resource: Non-Redundant Reference Protein Database (PIR-NREF), a comprehensive source for protein sequence data that keeps current with the genome sequencing projects. Free for downloading and updated biweekly, PIR-NREF contains 1,581,210 entries in its current release. The site "provides direct entry retrieval (based on protein IDs), text search (protein or species names), and sequence search (BLAST, peptide match, and pattern match) for full-scale and species-based protein identification. Species-based browsing and searching are supported for about 100 organisms, including over 70 complete genomes." This site links to background information about PIR and other PIR Databases as well. This has been added to Biological Informatics Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. [ From The NSDL Scout Report for the Life Sciences, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2003. http://scout.wisc.edu/ ]
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