18 Questions
What do the databases Ensemble, WormBase, and FlyBase primarily focus on?
Genomes
What is the primary focus of the bioinformatics database GenBank?
Genomes
Which type of databases focus on biomolecular structure according to the text?
Protein structure
Which bioinformatics database is known for focusing on small molecules?
PubChem
In the context of bioinformatics databases, what does PFAM primarily classify?
Protein families, domains, and motifs
Which database would be most useful for studying specific proteins of biomedical importance according to the text?
KinaseDB
What type of information can be detailed for protein coding genes on UniProt?
Literature and ontologies
In which database can one find information about protein families, their species distribution, number in humans, and residue-wise conservation?
PFAM
Which database offers high resolution protein structures to examine mutation details?
PDB
What kind of variants of an enzyme are involved in gastric cancer and other human diseases?
Mutations
Which positions in a protein are typically responsible for GTP binding?
Active sites
What type of information is known about a protein family regarding its distribution, number in humans, and conservation?
Residue-wise conservation
What is the main purpose of GO (Gene Ontology)?
Providing a controlled vocabulary for describing gene product characteristics
Which database provides hand-curated best representations of transcripts or proteins?
RefSeq
What are the unique identifiers in GenBank flat file format records?
ACCESSION numbers
What distinguishes UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot from UniProtKB/TrEMBL?
Redundant and automatically annotated vs. non-redundant and high-quality manual annotation
What distinguishes experimentally verified transcripts and proteins in RefSeq entries?
They start with 'NM_' or 'NP_'
What type of records does FASTA sequence files consist of?
Records that begin with '>' followed by sequence information
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