Swiss-Prot is a curated biological database of protein sequences created in 1986 by Amos Bairoch during his PhD and developed by the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics and the European Bioinformatics Institute. It strives to provide a high level of annotation (such as the description of the function of a protein, its domains structure, post-translational modifications, variants, etc.), a minimal level of redundancy and high level of integration with other databases. As of July 5, 2004, Swiss-Prot (release 44.0) contains 153,871 entries.
Reference
- Bairoch A. Serendipity in bioinformatics, the tribulations of a Swiss bioinformatician through exciting times! Bioinformatics (http://bioinformatics.oupjournal.org/) 2000;16:48-64. PDF (http://bioinformatics.oupjournals.org/cgi/reprint/16/1/48). A historical account by Bairoch.
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