Editing Sequence database (section)

{{see also|Protein structure database}}

In the field of [[bioinformatics]], a '''sequence database''' is a type of [[biological database]] that is composed of a large collection of computerized ("[[Digital data|digital]]") [[nucleic acid sequence]]s, [[protein sequence]]s, or other [[polymer]] sequences stored on a computer. The [[UniProt]] database is an example of a [[protein sequence]] database. As of 2013 it contained over 40 million sequences and is growing at an exponential rate.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Cochrane|first1=G.|last2=Karsch-Mizrachi|first2=I.|last3=Nakamura|first3=Y.|title=The International Nucleotide Sequence Database Collaboration|journal=Nucleic Acids Research|date=23 November 2010|volume=39|issue=Database|pages=D15–D18|doi=10.1093/nar/gkq1150|pmid=21106499|pmc=3013722}}</ref> Historically, sequences were published in paper form, but as the number of sequences grew, this storage method became unsustainable.