Question

Which of the given statements is incorrect?

(a) The simplest and newest way of submitting sequences is through the Web site on a Web form page called BankIt

(b) The sequence can also be annotated with information about the sequence, such as mRNA start and coding regions

(c) The submitted form is transformed into GenBank format and returned to the submitter for review before being added to GenBank

(d) Sequin does not run on UNIX

I have been asked this question in an interview for internship.

Enquiry is from Sequencing cDNA Libraries of Expressed Genes, Submission of Sequences to the Databases topic in division Collecting & Storing Sequences in Laboratory of Bioinformatics

Answer 1

Correct option is (d) Sequin does not run on UNIX

To explain I would say: The other method of submission is to use Sequin (formerly called Authorin), which runs on personal computers and UNIX machines. The program provides an easy-to-use graphic interface and can manage large submissions such as genomic sequence information.