Database Syntax Information

The precise syntax of an identifier depends on the source database from which the definition line was obtained.

DATABASE CLASS	IDENTIFIER SYNTAX
(GenBank) GenInfo Integrated Database	gi\|interger
(GenBank) GenInfo Backbone sequence gibbsq	bbs\|interger
(GenBank) GenInfo Backbone MolType gibbmt	bbm\|interger
(GenBank) GenInfo Import identifier	gim\|interger
GenBank	gb\|accession\|locus
EMBL	emb\|accession\|locus
NBRF PIR	pir\|accession\|entry
SWISS-PROT	sp\|accession\|name
DDBJ	dbj\|accession\|locus
PRF	prf\|accession\|name
PDB	pdb\|entry name (string)\|chain id (char)
Patent	pat\|country\|patent number (string)\|seq number (interger)
general	gnl\|database (string)\|id (string or number)
other	oth\|accession\|name\|release
local	lcl\|interger or string
not-set	???

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