Editing Bioinformatics (section)

==Databases==
{{main|List of biological databases|Biological database}}

Databases are essential for bioinformatics research and applications. Databases exist for many different information types, including DNA and protein sequences, molecular structures, phenotypes and biodiversity. Databases can contain both empirical data (obtained directly from experiments) and predicted data (obtained from analysis of existing data). They may be specific to a particular organism, pathway or molecule of interest. Alternatively, they can incorporate data compiled from multiple other databases. Databases can have different formats, access mechanisms, and be public or private.

Some of the most commonly used databases are listed below:
* Used in biological sequence analysis: [[Genbank]], [[UniProt]]
* Used in structure analysis: [[Protein Data Bank]] (PDB)
* Used in finding Protein Families and [[Sequence motif|Motif]] Finding: [[InterPro]], [[Pfam]]
* Used for Next Generation Sequencing: [[Sequence Read Archive]]
* Used in Network Analysis: Metabolic Pathway Databases ([[KEGG]], [[BioCyc]]), Interaction Analysis Databases, Functional Networks
* Used in design of synthetic genetic circuits: [[GenoCAD]]
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