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Which one of the following is not a primary database?
Explanation
Primary databases archive original experimental sequences with minimal annotation, such as GenBank, EMBL and DDBJ forming INSDC collaboration. SWISS-PROT is curated secondary protein database with high-quality annotation, manual curation and functional information derived from primary entries and literature.
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