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Sequence variation database project at the European Bioinformatics Institute

  1. Heikki Lehväslaiho*,
  2. Elia Stupka,
  3. Michael Ashburner

Article first published online: 27 DEC 1999

DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1004(200001)15:1<52::AID-HUMU11>3.0.CO;2-Y

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Human Mutation

Human Mutation

Special Issue: The HUGO Mutation Database Initiative: Issues, Databases, and Perspectives for the New Millennium

Volume 15, Issue 1, pages 52–56, January 2000

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Lehväslaiho, H., Stupka, E. and Ashburner, M. (2000), Sequence variation database project at the European Bioinformatics Institute. Human Mutation, 15: 52–56. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1004(200001)15:1<52::AID-HUMU11>3.0.CO;2-Y

Author Information

  1. EMBL Outstation, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK

*EMBL Outstation, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 27 DEC 1999
  2. Article first published online: 27 DEC 1999
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 7 OCT 1999
  4. Manuscript Received: 3 AUG 1999

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Keywords:

  • MDI;
  • central databases;
  • EBI;
  • locus-specific databases;
  • mutation database;
  • mutation validation;
  • cross-referencing databases;
  • intellectual property rights;
  • copyleft

Abstract

The sequence variation project at EBI aims to create a unified resource for browsing and searching sequence differences. Technical advances in reading in new data types and in validating and cross-referencing entries are reported. It is suggested that the hardest problems in unifying mutation databases are related to intellectual property rights. The concept of copylefting is introduced as a potential solution to these. Hum Mutat 15:52–56, 2000. © 2000 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

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