How to Submit on the World Wide Web

The World Wide Web is now the most common interface used to submit sequences to the three databases. The Web-based submission systems include Sakura ( cherry blossoms ) at DDBJ, Webln at EBI, and Bankit at the NCBI. The Web is the preferred submission path for simple submissions or for those that do not require complicated armotations or too much repetition (i.e., 30 similar sequences, as typically found in a population study, would best be done with Sequin, see below). The Web form is ideal for a research group that makes few sequence submissions and needs something simple, entailing a short learning curve. The Web forms are more than adequate for the majority of the submissions some 75-80% of individual submissions to NCBI are done via the Web. The alternative addresses (or URLs) for submitting to the three databases are presented in the list at the end of the chapter. 

To begin to save a record, press the Bankit button again. The view that now appears must be approved before the submission is completed that is, more changes may be made, or other features may be added. To finish, press Bankit one more time. The final screen will then appear after the user toggles the Update/Finished set of buttons and hits Bankit one last time, the submission will go to NCBI for processing. A copy of the just-finished submission should arrive promptly via E-mail if not, one should contact the database to confirm receipt of the submission and to make any correction that may be necessary. 

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