Consensus CDS Project
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With the annotation of genes in the human genome taking place around the world, it is necessary for a consensus of protein coding regions for consistency. The Consensus CDS Project is a collaboration between the National Center for Biotechnology Information
, the European Bioinformatics Institute
, the University of Santa Cruz, California and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, to agree upon the identical gene sets and to make the data public.
National Center for Biotechnology Information
The National Center for Biotechnology Information is part of the United States National Library of Medicine , a branch of the National Institutes of Health. The NCBI is located in Bethesda, Maryland and was founded in 1988 through legislation sponsored by Senator Claude Pepper...
, the European Bioinformatics Institute
European Bioinformatics Institute
The European Bioinformatics Institute is a centre for research and services in bioinformatics, and is part of European Molecular Biology Laboratory...
, the University of Santa Cruz, California and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, to agree upon the identical gene sets and to make the data public.