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. 2021 Jan 8;49(D1):D92-D96.
doi: 10.1093/nar/gkaa1023.

GenBank

Eric W Sayers  1 , Mark Cavanaugh  1 , Karen Clark  1 , Kim D Pruitt  1 , Conrad L Schoch  1 , Stephen T Sherry  1 , Ilene Karsch-Mizrachi  1
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GenBank

Eric W Sayers et al. Nucleic Acids Res. .

Abstract

GenBank® (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genbank/) is a comprehensive, public database that contains 9.9 trillion base pairs from over 2.1 billion nucleotide sequences for 478 000 formally described species. Daily data exchange with the European Nucleotide Archive and the DNA Data Bank of Japan ensures worldwide coverage. Recent updates include new resources for data from the SARS-CoV-2 virus, updates to the NCBI Submission Portal and associated submission wizards for dengue and SARS-CoV-2 viruses, new taxonomy queries for viruses and prokaryotes, and simplified submission processes for EST and GSS sequences.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Annual increase in base pairs (bp) for each division of GenBank in release 239 (August 2020) measured relative to GenBank release 233 (August 2019). The ‘TOTAL’ bar indicates the growth for GenBank as a whole. See the text for descriptions of the largest increases.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Growth of SARS-CoV-2 sequence data in GenBank. Each data point represents the cumulative number of records or base pairs at the end of each month.
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