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. 1982 May 11;10(9):3013–3024. doi: 10.1093/nar/10.9.3013

A design for computer nucleic-acid-sequence storage, retrieval, and manipulation

Thomas D Schneider 1, Gary D Stormo 1, Jeffrey S Haemer 1, Larry Gold 1
PMCID: PMC320671  PMID: 7099972

Abstract

We have designed and built a data-base system for the storage of nucleic-acid sequences. The system consists of a data base (“the library”) and software that manages and provides access to that data base (“the Librarian”).

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