Jenson H B
Yale University School of Medicine.
Biotechniques. 1989 Jun;7(6):590-2.
A novel computer database program dedicated to storing, cataloging, and accessing information about recombinant clones and libraries has been developed for the IBM (or compatible) personal computer. This program, named CLONES, also stores information about bacterial strains and plasmid and bacteriophage vectors used in molecular biology. The advantages of this method are improved organization of data, fast and easy assimilation of new data, automatic association of new data with existing data, and rapid retrieval of desired records using search criteria specified by the user. Individual records are indexed in the database using B-trees, which automatically index new entries and expedite later access. The use of multiple windows, pull-down menus, scrolling pick-lists, and field-input techniques make the program intuitive to understand and easy to use. Daughter databases can be created to include all records of a particular type, or only those records matching user-specified search criteria. Separate databases can also be merged into a larger database. This computer program provides an easy-to-use and accurate means to organize, maintain, access, and share information about recombinant clones and other laboratory products of molecular biology technology.
已为IBM（或兼容）个人计算机开发了一种新颖的计算机数据库程序，用于存储、编目和访问有关重组克隆和文库的信息。这个名为CLONES的程序还存储有关分子生物学中使用的细菌菌株、质粒和噬菌体载体的信息。这种方法的优点包括数据组织得到改善、新数据能快速轻松地被吸收、新数据能自动与现有数据关联，以及能使用用户指定的搜索标准快速检索所需记录。数据库中的各个记录使用B树进行索引，B树会自动为新条目建立索引并加快后续访问速度。多个窗口、下拉菜单、滚动选择列表和字段输入技术的使用，使该程序易于理解和使用。可以创建子数据库，以包含特定类型的所有记录，或者只包含那些符合用户指定搜索标准的记录。单独的数据库也可以合并成一个更大的数据库。这个计算机程序提供了一种易于使用且准确的方式，来组织、维护、访问和共享有关重组克隆及分子生物技术的其他实验室产物的信息。
