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. 2004 Dec 17;33(Database Issue):D46–D53. doi: 10.1093/nar/gki026

Table 1. Access, submissions and user support for the EBI's main data resources and integration tools.

Topic Database Access Submissions Downloads User support
Data resources          
 General All www.ebi.ac.uk/services/ www.ebi.ac.uk/Submissions/ www.ebi.ac.uk/FTP/ www.ebi.ac.uk/help/
          www.ebi.ac.uk/support/
 DNA and RNA sequences EMBL-Bank www.ebi.ac.uk/embl/ www.ebi.ac.uk/embl/Submission/ ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/embl/ www.ebi.ac.uk/embl/Documentation/
          datalib@ebi.ac.uk
 Vertebrate genomes Ensembl www.ensembl.org Ensembl does not accept direct submissions; genome sequences should be submitted to EMBL-Bank (see above) www.ensembl.org/Download/ www.ensembl.org/Docs/
          www.ensembl.org/helpdesk
 Prokaryotic genomes Genome Reviews www.ebi.ac.uk/GenomeReviews/ Genome Reviews does not accept direct submissions; genome sequences should be submitted to EMBL-Bank (see above) ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/genome_reviews/ www.ebi.ac.uk/GenomeReviews/userman.html
          genome_reviews@ebi.ac.uk
 Transcriptomes ArrayExpress www.ebi.ac.uk/arrayexpress/ www.ebi.ac.uk/arrayexpress/Submissions ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/arrayexpress/ www.ebi.ac.uk/arrayexpress/Help
          arrayexpress@ebi.ac.uk
          arraysubs@ebi.ac.uk (submission enquiries)
 Protein sequences UniProt www.uniprot.org Directly sequenced protein sequences can be submitted to UniProt/SwissProt at www.ebi.ac.uk/swissprot/Submissions www.ebi.uniprot.org/database/download.shtml www.ebi.uniprot.org/support/
      UniProt does not provide accession numbers, in advance, for protein sequences that are the result of translation of nucleic acid sequences.   help@uniprot.org datalib@ebi.ac.uk (submission enquiries)
 Protein structures MSD www.ebi.ac.uk/msd/ www.ebi.ac.uk/msd/Deposition.html www.ebi.ac.uk/msd/services/FTPdownload.html www.ebi.ac.uk/msd/Documentation.html
          msd@ebi.ac.uk
 Protein–protein interactions IntAct www.ebi.ac.uk/intact/ www.ebi.ac.uk/intact/index.html#submission www.ebi.ac.uk/intact/index.html#soft (for software) www.ebi.ac.uk/intact/doc/html/documentation.html
        ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/intact/ (for data) Intact-help@ebi.ac.uk
          datasubs@ebi.ac.uk (submission enquiries)
 Pathways Reactome www.reactome.org Contact the Reactome Development team at dev@reactome.org www.reactome.org/download www.reactome.org/userguide/userguide.html
 Small molecules ChEBI www.ebi.ac.uk/chebi/ ChEBI does not accept direct submissions ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/chebi/ www.ebi.ac.uk/chebi/pages/html/help.html
          www.ebi.ac.uk/chebi/emailChebi.do?toolBarForward=true
 Controlled vocabularies describing functional attributes of gene products Gene Ontology www.geneontology.org GO does not accept direct submissions but you can submit suggestions for new terms by clicking on the Curator Requests Tracker link at www.geneontology.org www.geneontology.org/index.shtml#downloads www.geneontology.org/GO.contents.doc.html
          go@geneontology.org
 Annotations of gene products with GO terms Gene Ontology Annotation Database www.ebi.ac.uk/GOA/ GOA does not accept direct submissions, but users are encouraged to send updates and corrections to goa@ebi.ac.uk ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/GO/goa/ www.ebi.ac.uk/GOA/goaHelp.html
          goa@ebi.ac.uk
Integrated access to data resources          
 Genomes and proteomes Integr8 www.ebi.ac.uk/integr8 Integr8 does not accept direct submissions First use QuickSearch to find the relevant species, then click on the downloads link www.ebi.ac.uk/integr8/ContentsHelpPage.do or click on local help in the left-hand menu bar for context-dependent help. www.ebi.ac.uk/support/
 Complex queries across several databases BioMart www.ebi.ac.uk/biomart Not applicable www.ebi.ac.uk/biomart/install.html www.ebi.ac.uk/biomart/install.html
          www.ebi.ac.uk/biomart/contact.html
 Retrieve data from several databases SRS srs.ebi.ac.uk Not applicable Not applicable srs.ebi.ac.uk/doc
          www.ebi.ac.uk/support
  Web services www.ebi.ac.uk/Tools/webservices Not applicable www.ebi.ac.uk/Tools/webservices/download.html www.ebi.ac.uk/Tools/webservices/FAQ.html
          sharmila@ebi.ac.uk