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Why do protein names and sequences in IPI differ from those in the UniProt Knowledgebase?

April 26, 2017differ IPI Knowledgebase names protein sequences uniprot

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Why do protein names and sequences in IPI differ from those in the UniProt Knowledgebase?

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Each IPI entry maps to one or many source database entries, one of which (either the one with the longest sequence, or the “best annotated”) is chosen as the master entry. The master entry provides the IPI entry with its name and sequence.