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GenBank is huge. There are more than 3 billions bases of human DNA
sequences and complete DNA sequences for dozens of species
available in GenBank. Not all the sequences are coding,
namely are a template for a protein. In the human genome only
3%-5% of the sequences are coding. Due to the size of the
database, manual searching of genes who do code for proteins is
not practical. We need to find a way for automatic finding of
genes.
Peer Itsik
2000-12-25