Keyword Examples
kuhara takagi <- last names (may occur as authors).
note that keywords concatinated by
white spaces mean logical AND.
bse <- name of a disease.
3.4.15.* <- EC numbers. note that * means wildcard.
SLTA_BPH19 <- entry name (may occur as cross-reference).
C00873 <- this example illustrates that genbank and compound have
two different entries with same name.
{calmodulin inhibitor} <- phrase search.
"calmodulin inhibitor" <- same as {calmodulin inhibitor}.
phospho* toxic <- logical AND of wildcard and normal keywords.
{toxic metabolite*} <- this search results in 'No match'.
note that wildcards could not be used
in combination with phase search.
{chemokine receptor} | {shiga-like toxin}
<- logical OR of two phrases.
01-Jan-1999 <- date-month-year.
93/12/07 <- YY/MM/DD (sometimes it fails to match but I don't
know why. maybe it is caused by slashes).
{Proc Natl Acad Sci} | pronas | Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci*
<- name of a journal (this example takes long time).
{Vol.117 No.33} <- volume and number of journals.
8541-8547 <- pages of some papers.
Pro-Phe-* <- protein subsequences.
C-x-C-* <- motifs.
Mustelidae <- an organism.
17q24 <- a chromosome.
C20H32* <- chemical formuli.
{C21 H28 N7 O14 P2} <- chemical formuli (may occur in FORMUL of PDB).
{3/10 HELIX} <- a secondary structure.
{EXPRESSION_SYSTEM_VECTOR YEAST}
<- combination of subfield name and its value.
{molecule_type mRNA}
<- combination of subfield name and its value.
1950bp <- length of a sequence (bp means `base pair').
{CAAX box} <- CAAX box.