Quality control in databanks for molecular biology

Nick Barker, Hans Clevers

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Using a scientific measurement without an estimate of its error is like lending money to a stranger. Given the explosion in nucleic acid and protein sequence and structural data, what risks are the scientific and medical communities running in using these databases. Is there an 'ombudsman' who speaks for the users of the data? CODATA, the Committee on Data for Science and Technology of the International Council of Scientific Unions was established to improve the quality, reliability, processing, management, and accessibility of data for science and technology. The CODATA Task Group on Biological Macromolecules has surveyed quality control procedures of archival databanks in molecular biology. Our role is 'to advise, to be consulted, and to warn.' This report describes the kinds and extents of errors that may appear in nucleic acid and protein databases, and presents an agenda for future work to improve the quality of these databases. The results of the survey appear on the web (http://www.codata.org/codata/tgreports/tg_reps.html). (C) 2000 John Wiley and Sons, Inc.

Originele taal-2Engels
Pagina's (van-tot)1024-1034
Aantal pagina's11
TijdschriftBioEssays
Volume22
Nummer van het tijdschrift11
DOI's
StatusGepubliceerd - 2000
Extern gepubliceerdJa

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