Quiz: NCBI Protein Sequence Database

1. What is the primary format followed by records in the NCBI Protein database?

FASTA
XML
GenBank Nucleotide
PDB
none of the above

2. Which of the following is not a contributing resource to the NCBI Protein database?

SwissProt
Protein Research Foundation (PRF)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Protein Data Bank (PDB)
None of the above

3. Which database is known for housing protein sequences translated from GenBank's coding regions (CDS)?

SwissProt
GenPept
RefSeq
PIR-PSD
None of the above

4. What is the purpose of the RefSeq proteins in the NCBI Protein database?

To provide redundant protein sequences
To offer experimentally generated transcripts
To act as a non-redundant reference with robust support
To contribute predicted protein sequences
None of the above
All of the above

5. How can a user refine a search in the NCBI Protein database for the gene ALDH2, specifically in humans, using RefSeq and achieving the fewest results?

ALDH2[GENE] AND human[ORGN] AND refseq[KEYWORD]
ALDH2[HUMAN] AND refseq[GENE]
ALDH2[ORGANISM] AND human[GENE] AND refseq[KEYWORD]
ALDH2[GENE] OR human[ORGN] AND refseq[KEYWORD]

Protein Sequence Databases

Quiz: NCBI Protein Sequence Database

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