BIOLOGICAL DATABASES INTRODUCTION

Which type of database is manually curated by experts

• Primary database

• Secondary database

• Uncurated database

• Simulation database

What is the goal of database integration in bioinformatics?

• To restrict access to sensitive data

• To link diverse datasets for comprehensive analysis

• To remove outdated sequences

• To create new species

Which technology is often used to ensure interoperability between databases?

• HTML

• Spreadsheets

• APIs (Application Programming Interfaces)

• Word documents

What does INSDC stand for?

• International Network for Scientific Data Collection

• Integrated Nucleotide Sequence Data Collection

• Internet-based Network for Sequence Data Coordination

• International Nucleotide Sequence Database Collaboration

Which of the following databases is NOT a part of INSDC?

• UniProt

• GenBank

• EMBL-EBI

• DDBJ

What must researchers provide when submitting sequence data to public databases?

• Only the organism name

• Raw sequence data and metadata (e.g., organism, experimental details)

• Data in any random format

• Only references to published papers