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* PROSITE protein families and domains database *
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   PROSITE is a method of determining what is the function of uncharacterized
   proteins translated  from genomic  or cDNA  sequences. It  consists  of  a
   database of biologically significant sites and patterns formulated in such
   a way  that with  appropriate  computational  tools  it  can  rapidly  and
   reliably identify  to which  known family  of protein  (if  any)  the  new
   sequence belongs.

   Organization   Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
   Address        ftp.expasy.ch
   Directory      /databases/prosite
   Electronic mail address: bairoch@medecine.unige.ch
   WWW server: http://www.expasy.ch/

  If you want to refer to PROSITE in a publication you can do so by citing:

      Bairoch A., Bucher P., Hofmann K.
      The PROSITE datatase, its status in 1997.
      Nucleic Acids Res. 24:217-221(1997).