Genetic Data- Molecular Sequence Annotation
MeSH ID: D058977
Description:
The addition of descriptive information about the function or structure of a molecular sequence to its molecular sequence data record.
Best practice for sharing this type of data:
Please follow NCBI's guidance for annotating genetic data.
Most suitable repositories:
Annotated DNA sequences may be added to DNA Databank of Japan, Ensembl, European Nucleotide Archive, NCBI Gene, GenBank, NCBI Protein Clusters, Genetic Testing Registry, NCBI Genome, Reference Sequence Database, Homologene, MGnify, The Protein Database, UniProt KnowledgeBase, The Consensus CDS, and VectorBase.
Best practice for indicating re-use of existing data:
For public datasets please provide a DOI or other stable identified for the dataset itself *and* include a citation for the dataset in the reference list. Be sure to indicate exactly which data has been re-used, particularly when multiple versions of the dataset exist. In many cases, this is best achieved by sharing the code used to extract the part of the data that you analyzed. In some cases it may be best to share the exact dataset(s) you analyzed as well.
For access-controlled data authors should provide a link to instructions for obtaining access (e.g. here is the information page for ADNI (Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative): http://adni.loni.usc.edu/data-samples/access-data/).
When re-using a private dataset from a previous study please contact the data owners to discuss how the data can be made public.
