[ANNOUNCE] NEW XML RELEASE OF PIR-INTERNATIONAL PROTEIN SEQUENCE DATABASE

[Cathy Wu]

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            ANNOUNCING RELEASE 66.0 in XML 
        PIR-INTERNATIONAL PROTEIN SEQUENCE DATABASE
                http://pir.georgetown.edu/
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Release 66.00 of the PIR-PSD contains 195,891 annotated and classified
entries. The new XML and DTD (Document Type Definition) files are
available for FTP at:
     ftp://nbrfa.georgetown.edu/pir/databases/pir_xml/


The PIR-PSD is searchable from three interfaces:
  Text and Sequence Search at:
   - iProClass (http://pir.georgetown.edu/iproclass/), an
     integrated database with comprehensive family relationships
     and structural/functional features of proteins.

  Text Search and Sequence Analysis at:
   - PIR Integrated Environment for Sequence Analysis
     (http://pir.georgetown.edu/pirwww/search/piriesa.html) 

  Text Search at: 
   - http://pir.georgetown.edu/pirwww/search/textpsd.html


The current XML-DTD release is provisional. Please contact Cathy Wu at
wuc at nbrf.georgetown.edu for any comments and suggestions, and for
inquiries regarding setting up reciprocal links or mirror sites.

-- 
Cathy H. Wu, Ph.D.
PIR Project Leader
National Biomedical Research Foundation
Georgetown University Medical Center
3900 Reservoir Road, NW, Washington, DC 20007-2195
Phone: (202)687-2121; Fax: (202)687-1662
Email: wuc at nbrf.georgetown.edu


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