dr bhavani

how to search genetic databases

4 categories broadly classified

1. sequence databases:

anything we want to study (mutation, variantion, etc we want to know if normal or not, we need the sequence)

• NCBI

1. literature database:

pubmed

1. disease database:
   1. we want to know what is the features of that particular disease\disorder, we need to know before iving a diagnosis
   2. comprehensive overview of that disease

omim