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- EMBL - Data Library Network Servers
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- _A_d_d_r_e_s_s:
- EMBL Data Library
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory
- Postfach 10.2209
- W-6900 Heidelberg
- Germany
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- _E_m_a_i_l: NetHelp@EMBL-Heidelberg.DE
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- _P_h_o_n_e: +49-6221-387 258
- FAX: +49-6221-387 519
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- _D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n
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- The EMBL Data Library offers a range of electronic services
- to the molecular biology research community.
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- An electronic mail server and an anonymous ftp server allow
- access to a large number of important data collections,
- including the EMBL nucleotide sequence database, the SWISS-
- PROT protein sequence database, and the Brookhaven protein
- structure database. In addition to the complete quartely
- releases of the sequence databases weekly updates of the
- EMBL database are provided for downloading by ftp. Indivi-
- dual EMBL database entries can be retrieved using the e-mail
- server, and new entries are made available on a daily basis.
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- The Data Library also maintains an archive of free software
- for molecular biology. More than 200 different programs are
- currently available for MS-DOS, Vax/VMS, UNIX and Macintosh
- systems and can be downloaded by e-mail or anonymous ftp.
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- New data collections and software are added constantly.
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- The FASTA and QuickSearch services enable remote users to
- perform sequence similarity searches against a variety of
- nucleotide and protein sequence databases maintained at
- EMBL. Whereas QuickSearch is appropriate for the quick iden-
- tification of very similar database entries, FASTA is better
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- The information in this section is provided in accor-
- dance with the copyright notice appearing at the front
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- suited for the detection of more distantly related
- sequences. The database available for searches are updated
- daily, thus access to latest sequence information is
- guaranteed.
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- A Gopher server (EMBnet BioInformation Resource EMBL) is in
- operation which sits on top of the EMBL anonymous ftp
- archive. It is part of the EMBnet BioGopher network.
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- _N_e_t_w_o_r_k _A_c_c_e_s_s
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- Anyone with direct or gatewayed access to the Internet can
- use the EMBL servers.
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- The addresses to use are:
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- NetServ@EMBL-Heidelberg.DE
- (E-mail file server)
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- Fasta@EMBL-Heidelberg.DE
- (FASTA database similarity searches)
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- Quick@EMBL-Heidelberg.DE
- (QuickSearch database similarity searches)
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- Detailed descriptions of access procedures and the informa-
- tion available can be obtained by sending the word HELP on
- the Subject line or in the body of an e-mail message to the
- addresses shown above.
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- The anonymous ftp server can be reached at:
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- ftp.EMBL-heidelberg.DE
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- Use the user name "anonymous" and your e-mail address as
- password to log in. Some older ftp clients might get con-
- fused by multiple message lines. In this case, enter a dash
- "-" as the first character of the password to turn this
- feature off.
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- The Gopher server can be accessed at ftp.EMBL-Heidelberg.DE
- at port 70.
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- _W_h_o _C_a_n _U_s_e _T_h_e _E_M_B_L _S_e_r_v_e_r
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- Access to the EMBL network services is unrestricted. How-
- ever, European users are strongly encouraged to use their
- national EMBnet nodes if possible. Most EMBnet nodes offer
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- _M_i_s_c_e_l_l_a_n_e_o_u_s
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- Periodically, the EMBL File Server Newsletter is posted to
- the USENET newsgroup bionet.molbio.embl-databank. It con-
- tains information about changes and additions to the ser-
- vices provided by the EMBL Data Library. This newsgroup can
- also be used to contact the Data Library staff.
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- The EMBL anonymous ftp server is mirrored by
- ftp.weizmann.ac.il.
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- The software provided is exchanged with the file servers at
- the University of Indiana (Iubio) and the University of
- Houston (Gene-Server).
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- These network services are provided in collaboration with
- the EMBL Computer Group.
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- _R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s
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- Additional information about these resources are available
- by electronic mail from NetServ@EMBL-Heidelberg.DE (help
- doc), by anonymous ftp (in /pub/help on ftp.EMBL-
- Heidelberg.DE) or by Gopher ("About this resource").
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