Datatypes

BioSample accession

ID biosample_accession

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Accession of a biological sample description in the BioSample databases of NCBI, EMBL-EBI and DDBJ. Sequencing, gene expression and proteomics submissions point to it to say which material was analysed. It is SAM, a letter for the issuing centre (N, E or D), an optional further letter and digits.

Categories
Scientific
Countries
Global (not tied to a country)
Languages
Common to most languages
Bioregistry
biosample
Quality
78/100 · missing: second example, translation, detector coverage
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Regular expression

^SAM[NED](\w)?\d+$

Python re syntax.

Examples

ValueDescription
SAMEA2397676Sample "CheeseA Period 3 24h ripening"; Bioregistry example
ERS368772 invalidENA sample accession of the same sample, not a BioSample accession

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