The linking principle to the Minnesota database and dbEST is clone name, and GenBank accession number is employed in GenBank. These are items that are reliably associated with the correct sequence in the respective database and have produced consistent results in our initial testing. The level of linking is aimed at producing the same list of items that would be initially found by a search for clone name or identification number in the respective database. It is thus hoped that the most useful possible link has been generated. Any suggestions for improvement of these new linkages are welcome.
All comments are welcome.