RefSeq Release 221

RefSeq release 221 is now available online and from the FTP site. You can access RefSeq data through NCBI Datasets. What’s included in this release? As of November 6, 2023, this full release incorporates genomic, transcript, and protein data containing: 404,657,610 records 300,054,945 proteins 57,882,313 RNAs sequences from 143,819 organisms  The release is provided in several directories as a … Continue reading RefSeq Release 221

Join NCBI at ASHG 2023

November 1-5 in Washington, D.C.  We look forward to seeing you in person at the American Society for Human Genetics Annual Meeting (ASHG 2023), November 1-5, 2023, in Washington, D.C. We will participate in a variety of activities and events including hosting an exhibit booth where you can stop by to meet NCBI experts, ask questions, provide feedback, … Continue reading Join NCBI at ASHG 2023

CCDS Release 24

An updated dataset of human protein-coding regions from the Consensus Coding Sequence (CCDS) collaboration Are you interested in a set of high-quality human coding regions (CDS) with equivalent annotation in NCBI’s RefSeq and EMBL-EBI’s (European Molecular Biology Laboratories-European Bioinformatics Institute) Ensembl annotations? Check out the new CCDS Release 24! This CCDS set was generated by … Continue reading CCDS Release 24

Gapless Telomere to Telomere human genome (T2T-CHM13) now available

On April 1, 2022, Science published the first complete sequence of a human genome, known as T2T-CHM13. This notable scientific achievement comes two decades after the first human genome release from the Human Genome Project and offers an in situ look at biologically important regions, such as centromeres, telomeres, and segmental duplications, that were previously … Continue reading Gapless Telomere to Telomere human genome (T2T-CHM13) now available

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RefSeq Release 212 is available!

RefSeq Release 212 is now available online, from the FTP site and through NCBI’s Entrez programming utilities, E-utilities. This full release incorporates genomic, transcript, and protein data available as of May 2, 2022, and contains 314,915,153 records, including 229,417,182 proteins, 44,805,833 RNAs, and sequences from 119,373 organisms. The release is provided in several directories as a complete dataset … Continue reading RefSeq Release 212 is available!

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Venturing beyond the genes: New RefSeq Functional Elements publication!

If you’re curious about genome annotation beyond the genes, then read on! We previously blogged about our RefSeq Functional Elements resource, which provides annotation of experimentally validated, non-genic functional elements in human and mouse. Now, to kick off 2022, we’re delighted to announce a new publication in the January issue of Genome Research: Farrell CM, … Continue reading Venturing beyond the genes: New RefSeq Functional Elements publication!

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RefSeq Release 210 is available

RefSeq Release 210 is now available online, from the FTP site and through NCBI’s Entrez programming utilities, E-utilities. This full release incorporates genomic, transcript, and protein data available as of January 3, 2022, and contains 302,482,881 records, including 220,595,192 proteins, 42,453,222 transcripts, and sequences from 115,929 organisms. The release is provided in several directories as a complete dataset … Continue reading RefSeq Release 210 is available

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A new service to evaluate the quality of your assembled genome!

Are you wondering about the quality of a human, mouse or rat genome that you have assembled? We offer a new service for evaluating the completeness, correctness, and base accuracy of your human, mouse or rat genome assembly compared to a reference assembly. You simply provide NCBI with one or more assemblies in FASTA format … Continue reading A new service to evaluate the quality of your assembled genome!

Announcing RefSeq Release 206!

RefSeq Release 206 is now available. This release includes the following: Updated human genome Annotation Release 109.20210514 Updated Annotation Release 109.20210514 is an update of NCBI Homo sapiens Annotation Release 109. The annotation report is available here. The annotation products are available in the sequence databases and on the FTP site. Other new eukaryotic genome … Continue reading Announcing RefSeq Release 206!

RefSeq Release 205 is available!

RefSeq release 205 is now available online, from the FTP site and through NCBI’s Entrez programming utilities, E-utilities. This full release incorporates genomic, transcript, and protein data available as of March 1, 2021, and contains 269,975,565 records, including 197,232,209 proteins, 36,514,168 RNAs, and sequences from 108,257  organisms. The release is provided in several directories as a complete dataset … Continue reading RefSeq Release 205 is available!