Bairoch A, Apweiler R
Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Geneva, 1 rue Michel Servet, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland.
Nucleic Acids Res. 1998 Jan 1;26(1):38-42. doi: 10.1093/nar/26.1.38.
SWISS-PROT (http://www.expasy.ch/) is a curated protein sequence database which strives to provide a high level of annotations (such as the description of the function of a protein, its domains structure, post-translational modifications, variants, etc.), a minimal level of redundancy and high level of integration with other databases. Recent developments of the database include: an increase in the number and scope of model organisms; cross-references to two additional databases; a variety of new documentation files and improvements to TrEMBL, a computer annotated supplement to SWISS-PROT. TrEMBL consists of entries in SWISS-PROT-like format derived from the translation of all coding sequences (CDS) in the EMBL nucleotide sequence database, except the CDS already included in SWISS-PROT.