NUCLEOTIDE DATA BANKS

What is the main purpose of nucleotide sequence databases

• To store protein sequences

• o store bibliographic information

• To store and share DNA/RNA sequences

• To track lab inventory

Which of the following databases is not part of the INSDC

• GenBank

• ENA

• UniProt

• DDBJ

INSDC stands for

• International Nucleotide Sequence Data Collaboration

• International Nucleotide Sequence Database Consortium

• Intercontinental Nucleic Storage Data Coalition

• Integrated Nucleotide Sequencing and Data Collaboration

Which organization manages GenBank

• European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI)

• National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)

• National Institute of Genetics (NIG)

• DNA Data Bank of Japan

Which tool is most commonly used on NCBI to compare a DNA sequence to others in the database

• FASTA

• BLAST

• Sequin

• Webin

Which of the following is a GenBank submission tool

• BankIt

• Webin

• NSSS

• TXSearch

The ENA is maintained by which organization

• NIH

• EMBL-EBI

• DDBJ

• NIG

What is the name of the ENA submission platform?

• Sequin

• ARSA

• Webin

• BLAST

The DDBJ database is hosted in which country?

• USA

• UK

• Germany

• Japan

Which of the following is a search tool specific to DDBJ

• Entrez

• TXSearch

• Webin

• FASTA