DPInteract: Field Abbreviations

Each line (except blank ones) in the database is prefixed with a two-character abbreviation which marks the type of information (field) found on that line.


AC	ACcession number	a permanent serial number for a particular 
				entry in the database
				(most don't have this yet)
AN	Alternate Name(s)	additional gene symbols (see GN)
BC	Binding Comment		free-form comment on binding site data
BN	Binding Non-site	site which has been shown to NOT bind the 
				protein of interest
BP	Binding Potential	site which may bind the protein, based on 
				similarity or other evidence
BS	Binding Site		site which has been shown to bind the protein
				of interest by footprinting or SELEX
CM	CoMment			free-form, general comment
DE	DEscription		description of the protein
GN	Gene Name		standard genetic symbol for this protein
ID	ID			the name of this entry (this is not guaranteed
				to be permanent -- see AC)
MA	Matrix Adenosine	values for A in a matrix
MC	Matrix Cytosine		values for C in a matrix
MG	Matrix Guanosine	values for G in a matrix
MT	Matrix Thymosine	values for T in a matrix
OS	Organism Species	genus and species for this organism
PC	Protein Class		the structural class to which this protein belongs
PF	Protein Family		the protein family to which this protein belongs
RA	Reference Authors	citation authors
RC	Reference Comment	free-form comments on the citation
RL	Reference Keyword(s)	keywords for this citation, from a restricted vocabulary
RL	Reference Line		the citation
RM	Reference Medline	Medline UID for this citation
RT	Reference Title		title of the citation
RX	Reference Xref		Cross-reference to a bibliographic database (other than Medline)
SC	Section           	Section; some of the larger entries are organized into sub-sections
SP	SwissProt		SwissProt cross-reference
XR	X-Reference		Cross-reference to another database,
				or to another entry in this database.
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Note: This database copyright 1994 Harvard University.
Robison, K., and Church, G.M. DPInteract: A database on DNA-protein interactions. (1994). Electronically published and manuscript in preparation.
Please contact krobison@nucleus.harvard.edu to report additional data or problems with this database.

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