This glossary contains a number of definitions from the following publication:
J. M. Cock; Tessmar-Raible, K.; Boyen, C.; Viard, F. (Eds.), Introduction to Marine Genomics, vol. 1, 1st ed., Advances in Marine Genomics Vol. (Springer, 2010). Available from: http://www.springer.com/life+
Term | Definition |
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IMG |
The Integrated Microbial Genomes system. |
INSDC |
International Nucleotide Sequence Database Collaboration. It consists of the DDBJ (Japan), EMJ3L (Europe) and GenBank (USA) Nucleotide Sequence Database. The three databases exchange new and updated data on a daily basis to achieve optimal synchronization. |
IUPAC |
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. This non-governmental organisation has developed a system of naming chemical elements and their compounds such as amino acids or nucleotides |