Inside SWISS‐2DPAGE database

TLDR

Two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis databases have existed for over 15 years, and recent networking advances now enable comprehensive hypermedia sharing. This publication describes the structure of the SWISS‑2DPAGE database. Proteins from human tissues, cells, cell lines, and body fluids are assembled in a uniform format, and the database is freely accessible via the ExPASy server on the World‑Wide Web.

Abstract

Abstract Several two‐dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (2‐D PAGE) databases have been established and updated for more than 15 years. Only recently have developments of computer networks and high‐speed transfer protocols provided the required tools for sharing comprehensive and hypermedia 2‐D PAGE databases. This publication describes the SWISS‐2DPAGE database structure. Proteins present in samples of human tissue, cells, cell lines and body fluids are assembled and described in an accessible uniform format. SWISS‐2DPAGE can be freely accessed through the World‐Wide Web (WWW) network on the ExPASy molecular biology server.