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GenBank

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General Information

GenBank is the NIH genetic sequence database, an annotated collection of all publicly available DNA sequences. The complete release notes for the current version of GenBank are available on the NCBI ftp site. A new release is made every two months. GenBank growth statistics for both the traditional GenBank divisions and the WGS division are available from each release. GenBank is part of the International Nucleotide Sequence Database Collaboration (INSDC), which comprises the DNA DataBank of Japan (DDBJ), the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), and GenBank at the NCBI. These three organizations exchange data on a daily basis.

Homepage https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genbank/

Countries that developed this resource European Union , Japan , United States

Created in 1982

Taxonomic range

All

Knowledge Domains

Subjects

User-defined Tags

COVID-19

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How to cite this record FAIRsharing.org: GenBank; GenBank; DOI: https://doi.org/10.25504/FAIRsharing.9kahy4; Last edited: April 23, 2020, 1:54 p.m.; Last accessed: Dec 06 2021 8:40 p.m.

Publication for citation GenBank. Benson DA,Cavanaugh M,Clark K,Karsch-Mizrachi I,Lipman DJ,Ostell J,Sayers EW; Nucleic Acids Res ; 2012; 10.1093/nar/gks1195;

Record updated: April 22, 2020, 3:26 p.m. by The FAIRsharing Team.

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Edits to 'https://fairsharing.org/FAIRsharing.9kahy4' by 'The FAIRsharing Team' at 15:26, 22 Apr 2020 (approved):

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			GenBank.|Benson DA., Cavanaugh M., Clark K., Karsch-Mizrachi I., Lipman DJ., Ostell J., Sayers EW., |Nucleic Acids Res.|2013
			GenBank.|Benson DA., Karsch-Mizrachi I., Clark K., Lipman DJ., Ostell J., Sayers EW., |Nucleic Acids Res.|2012
			GenBank.|Benson DA., Karsch-Mizrachi I., Lipman DJ., Ostell J., Sayers EW., |Nucleic Acids Res.|2011
			GenBank.|Benson DA., Karsch-Mizrachi I., Lipman DJ., Ostell J., Sayers EW., |Nucleic Acids Res.|2009
			GenBank.|Benson DA., Karsch-Mizrachi I., Lipman DJ., Ostell J., Wheeler DL., |Nucleic Acids Res.|2008
			GenBank.|Benson DA,Cavanaugh M,Clark K,Karsch-Mizrachi I,Lipman DJ,Ostell J,Sayers EW|Nucleic Acids Res|2012
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			GenBank.|Benson DA., Karsch-Mizrachi I., Clark K., Lipman DJ., Ostell J., Sayers EW., |Nucleic Acids Res.|2012
			GenBank.|Benson DA., Karsch-Mizrachi I., Lipman DJ., Ostell J., Sayers EW., |Nucleic Acids Res.|2011
			GenBank.|Benson DA., Karsch-Mizrachi I., Lipman DJ., Ostell J., Sayers EW., |Nucleic Acids Res.|2009
			GenBank.|Benson DA., Karsch-Mizrachi I., Lipman DJ., Ostell J., Wheeler DL., |Nucleic Acids Res.|2008
			GenBank.|Sayers EW,Cavanaugh M,Clark K,Ostell J,Pruitt KD,Karsch-Mizrachi I|Nucleic Acids Res|2019
			GenBank.|Sayers EW,Cavanaugh M,Clark K,Ostell J,Pruitt KD,Karsch-Mizrachi I|Nucleic Acids Res|2018
			GenBank.|Benson DA,Cavanaugh M,Clark K,Karsch-Mizrachi I,Ostell J,Pruitt KD,Sayers EW|Nucleic Acids Res|2017
			GenBank.|Benson DA,Cavanaugh M,Clark K,Karsch-Mizrachi I,Lipman DJ,Ostell J,Sayers EW|Nucleic Acids Res|2016
			GenBank.|Clark K,Karsch-Mizrachi I,Lipman DJ,Ostell J,Sayers EW|Nucleic Acids Res|2015
			GenBank.|Benson DA,Clark K,Karsch-Mizrachi I,Lipman DJ,Ostell J,Sayers EW|Nucleic Acids Res|2014
			GenBank.|Benson DA,Clark K,Karsch-Mizrachi I,Lipman DJ,Ostell J,Sayers EW|Nucleic Acids Res|2013
			GenBank.|Benson DA,Cavanaugh M,Clark K,Karsch-Mizrachi I,Lipman DJ,Ostell J,Sayers EW|Nucleic Acids Res|2012
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			GenBank.|Sayers EW,Cavanaugh M,Clark K,Ostell J,Pruitt KD,Karsch-Mizrachi I|Nucleic Acids Res|2019
			GenBank.|Sayers EW,Cavanaugh M,Clark K,Ostell J,Pruitt KD,Karsch-Mizrachi I|Nucleic Acids Res|2018
			GenBank.|Benson DA,Cavanaugh M,Clark K,Karsch-Mizrachi I,Ostell J,Pruitt KD,Sayers EW|Nucleic Acids Res|2017
			GenBank.|Benson DA,Cavanaugh M,Clark K,Karsch-Mizrachi I,Lipman DJ,Ostell J,Sayers EW|Nucleic Acids Res|2016
			GenBank.|Clark K,Karsch-Mizrachi I,Lipman DJ,Ostell J,Sayers EW|Nucleic Acids Res|2015
			GenBank.|Benson DA,Clark K,Karsch-Mizrachi I,Lipman DJ,Ostell J,Sayers EW|Nucleic Acids Res|2014
			GenBank.|Benson DA,Clark K,Karsch-Mizrachi I,Lipman DJ,Ostell J,Sayers EW|Nucleic Acids Res|2013
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			GenBank.|Benson DA., Cavanaugh M., Clark K., Karsch-Mizrachi I., Lipman DJ., Ostell J., Sayers EW., |Nucleic Acids Res.|2013

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		Before: GenBank is the NIH genetic sequence database, an annotated collection of all publicly available DNA sequences.  GenBank is part of the International Nucleotide Sequence Database Collaboration, which comprises the DNA DataBank of Japan (DDBJ), the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), and GenBank at NCBI. These three organizations exchange data on a daily basis. The complete release notes for the current version of GenBank are available on the NCBI ftp site. A new release is made every two months.  GenBank growth statistics for both the traditional GenBank divisions and the WGS division are available from each release.
		After: GenBank is the NIH genetic sequence database, an annotated collection of all publicly available DNA sequences. The complete release notes for the current version of GenBank are available on the NCBI ftp site. A new release is made every two months. GenBank growth statistics for both the traditional GenBank divisions and the WGS division are available from each release. GenBank is part of the International Nucleotide Sequence Database Collaboration (INSDC), which comprises the DNA DataBank of Japan (DDBJ), the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), and GenBank at the NCBI. These three organizations exchange data on a daily basis. 

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			manual curation
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			current and historical archived versions are available for download
			Download (Flatfiles)
			Download (ASN.1)
			Search (Entrez Nucleotide)
			Submit via BankIt
			Submit via NCBI Submission Portal
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			Download (Flatfiles)
			Download (ASN.1)
			Search (Entrez Nucleotide)
			Submit via BankIt
			Submit via NCBI Submission Portal
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			GenBank.|Benson DA., Cavanaugh M., Clark K., Karsch-Mizrachi I., Lipman DJ., Ostell J., Sayers EW., |Nucleic Acids Res.|2013
			GenBank.|Benson DA., Karsch-Mizrachi I., Clark K., Lipman DJ., Ostell J., Sayers EW., |Nucleic Acids Res.|2012
			GenBank.|Benson DA., Karsch-Mizrachi I., Lipman DJ., Ostell J., Sayers EW., |Nucleic Acids Res.|2011
			GenBank.|Benson DA., Karsch-Mizrachi I., Lipman DJ., Ostell J., Sayers EW., |Nucleic Acids Res.|2009
			GenBank.|Benson DA., Karsch-Mizrachi I., Lipman DJ., Ostell J., Wheeler DL., |Nucleic Acids Res.|2008
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			GenBank.|Benson DA., Cavanaugh M., Clark K., Karsch-Mizrachi I., Lipman DJ., Ostell J., Sayers EW., |Nucleic Acids Res.|2013
			GenBank.|Benson DA., Karsch-Mizrachi I., Clark K., Lipman DJ., Ostell J., Sayers EW., |Nucleic Acids Res.|2012
			GenBank.|Benson DA., Karsch-Mizrachi I., Lipman DJ., Ostell J., Sayers EW., |Nucleic Acids Res.|2011
			GenBank.|Benson DA., Karsch-Mizrachi I., Lipman DJ., Ostell J., Sayers EW., |Nucleic Acids Res.|2009
			GenBank.|Benson DA., Karsch-Mizrachi I., Lipman DJ., Ostell J., Wheeler DL., |Nucleic Acids Res.|2008
			GenBank.|Benson DA,Cavanaugh M,Clark K,Karsch-Mizrachi I,Lipman DJ,Ostell J,Sayers EW|Nucleic Acids Res|2012
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			GenBank.|Benson DA,Cavanaugh M,Clark K,Karsch-Mizrachi I,Lipman DJ,Ostell J,Sayers EW|Nucleic Acids Res|2012
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Support

General

help	Entrez Programming Utilities Help
help	GenBank Submission Types
help	How to Submit
online documentation	Updating GenBank records
online documentation	GenBank Submissions Handbook
online documentation	Using BLAST at GenBank
wikipedia	Wikipedia Entry

Additional Information

Contact

NCBI Helpdesk

Tools

tbl2asn2 Submission Tool

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genbank/tbl2asn2/

Access / Retrieve Data

Conditions of Use

Applies to: Data use

NCBI Website and Data Usage Policies and Disclaimers

Data Versioning

current and historical archived versions are available for download

No link recorded

Data Release

bimonthly release (as in every 2 months)	No link recorded
Download (ASN.1)	ftp://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ncbi-asn1

Data Curation

manual curation	No link recorded
automated curation	No link recorded
automated annotation	No link recorded
Submit via BankIt	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/WebSub/?tool=genbank
Submit via NCBI Submission Portal	https://submit.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/

Data Access

Download (Flatfiles)	ftp://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genbank
Search (Entrez Nucleotide)	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nucleotide/
BLAST	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/blast
Nucleotide Advanced Search Builder	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/advanced

Publications

GenBank.

Benson DA., Karsch-Mizrachi I., Clark K., Lipman DJ., Ostell J., Sayers EW.,
Nucleic Acids Res. 2012

View Paper (PubMed)

GenBank.

Benson DA., Karsch-Mizrachi I., Lipman DJ., Ostell J., Sayers EW.,
Nucleic Acids Res. 2011

View Paper (PubMed)

GenBank.

Benson DA., Karsch-Mizrachi I., Lipman DJ., Ostell J., Sayers EW.,
Nucleic Acids Res. 2009

View Paper (PubMed)

GenBank.

Benson DA., Karsch-Mizrachi I., Lipman DJ., Ostell J., Wheeler DL.,
Nucleic Acids Res. 2008

View Paper (PubMed)

GenBank.

Sayers EW,Cavanaugh M,Clark K,Ostell J,Pruitt KD,Karsch-Mizrachi I
Nucleic Acids Res 2019