Before doing anything else, authors should get a copy of a sequence data submission form. This form solicits all of the information needed to make a database entry; that is, the primary sequence data together with descriptive information such as the source of the sequenced segment (e.g., organism, strain, tissue) and the location of interesting regions within the sequence (e.g., coding regions, regulatory signals). It also contains information about data formats. The data submission form exists in both a paper and a computer-readable version; the latter can be completed using a text editor. These versions are available from the following sources:
A data submission should include the following (for further details, see the data submission form itself):
Data can be sent to the Data Library in one of several ways:
We will process data submissions within 7 working days of receipt and send authors notification of either what accession number(s)...
