Task 7 (MSUD)

dbSNP

Database facts

Q: What information is given?

A: Short variations in nucleotide sequence from many different organisms. It contains following information:

• mutations of different categories:
  • single nucleotide variations
  • indels
  • short tandem repeats
  • microsatellites
• additional information for rare variations
  • disease relationship
  • genotype information
  • allele origin
  • somatic or germline events

Q: How recent is the release?

A: Current version of dbSNP is build 137. dbSNP web query, ftp data and Entrez Indexing were released on Jun 26, 2012. New release of BLAST database is not yet done. The newest release of BLAST database was released on Nov 14, 2011 from build 135.

Q: Where does the information come from?

A: dbSNP is created by the cooperation of the National Human Genome Research Institute and the National Center for Biotechnology Information. It is integrated with the NCBI Genomic data.

SNPdbe

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SNPedia

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