European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI)
Hinxton -JUL 10, 2001
**New Public Alignment Database and Web Submission Tool**
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*EMBL-Align Database - a repository for nucleotide and protein
alignments generated from phylogenetic and
population studies
http://srs.ebi.ac.uk/
*WEBIN-Align Tool - New web based tool for Submission,
Annotation and Display of Sequence Alignment
Data
http://www.ebi.ac.uk/embl/Submission/
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To satisfy a growing need for the permanent electronic storage of
secondary alignment data from comparative genomics and phylogenetics,
the EMBL group are pleased to announce the launch of a new public
alignment database, 'EMBL-Align' and web based alignment submission
tool, 'WEBIN-Align'.
This new tool and database has:
* Interactive WEB BASED INTERFACE for NUCLEOTIDE and PROTEIN
alignment data.
* Common alignment formats are accepted including all Clustal,
NEXUS (interleaved), Phylip, FASTA and MSF via a secure UPLOAD
FACILITY.
* A CONSERVED FLAT FILE structure between alignment data (EMBL-Align)
and primary sequence data (EMBL) facilitates consistent display,
storage and indexing of alignment data.
See example:
ftp://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/embl/align/ALIGN_000018.dat
* DYNAMIC LINKS TO PRIMARY DATA in EMBL/DDBJ/Genbank and SWISS-PROT
* FEATURE TABLE options for nucleotide sequence alignments allow
users to define boundaries of interest.
See annotation examples:
http://www3.ebi.ac.uk/Services/webin/help/webin-align/annotation/
* CURATION of EMBL-Align is performed by the same biologists
as the EMBL database.
* UNIQUE ALIGNMENT ACCESSION NUMBERS are assigned for alignments
within 2 working days pending review by EMBL biologist
(eg. ALIGN_000001).
* Data is downloadable as an EMBL-Align flat file or Clustal W
alignment only format.
* Alignment data can be retrieved from EBI SRS Server in a variety of
Display formats eg. JalView (Java Multiple Alignment Editor)
This database and submission tool represent a systematic and universal
method of dealing with alignment data from which conclusions
are drawn thereby requiring long term storage.
If you have any questions about the EMBL-Align database and Webin-Align
please e-mail the Webin-Align Administrators at align at ebi.ac.uk.
Kind regards
EMBL-Align Database team
This work was supported by EMBL and the European Commission.
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Webin-Align Administrators: Evelyn Camon & Helen Parkinson
Webin-Align Developer: Vincent Lombard