National Center for Biotechnology Information(NCBI)

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
The database is produced in an international collaboration with GenBank (USA) and the DNA Database of Japan (DDBJ). Each of the three groups collects a portion of the total sequence data reported worldwide, and all new and updated database entries are exchanged between the groups on a daily basis.

Established in 1988 as a national resource for molecular biology information, NCBI creates public databases, conducts research in computational biology, develops software tools for analyzing genome data, and disseminates biomedical information - all for the better understanding of molecular processes affecting human health and disease.

Areas of Interest:

  • Create public databases
  • Conduct research in computational biology
  • Development of software for genome data analysis

It mainly contains:

  • GenBank
  • Literature Databases
  • Molecular Databases
  • Genomic Biology
  • Tool (Data Mining)