Tag: Comparative Genomics Resource (CGR)
RefSeq release 235 is now available online and from the FTP site! You can access RefSeq data through NCBI Datasets. The release is provided in several directories as a complete dataset and also as divided by logical groupings.
As of May 11, 2026, this full release incorporates genomic, transcript, and protein data containing:
RefSeq release 234 is now available online and from the FTP site! You can access RefSeq data through NCBI Datasets. The release is provided in several directories as a complete dataset and also as divided by logical groupings. Continue reading “Now Available: RefSeq Release 234 ”
RefSeq release 233 is now available online and from the FTP site! You can access RefSeq data through NCBI Datasets. The release is provided in several directories as a complete dataset and also as divided by logical groupings.
As of January 26, 2026, this full release incorporates genomic, transcript, and protein data containing:
With the latest release of EGAPx, we’re excited to announce that you can now submit genome assemblies with EGAPx annotations directly to GenBank. We’re making it easier for researchers to share richly annotated eukaryotic genomes, complete with structural and functional features generated by the EGAPx pipeline.
Continue reading “GenBank Now Supports EGAPx-Based Annotation”
NCBI’s Multiple Comparative Genome Viewer (MCGV) continues to expand available alignments! We are excited to announce the addition of two new fungal datasets: Candidozyma auris and Cryptococcus multigenome sequence alignments.
You can now visualize and compare multiple whole genome assemblies for these human pathogens, zooming in on specific genes, tracking evolutionary changes, and identifying critical nucleotide differences across a variety of fungal strains. Continue reading “Candidozyma and Cryptococcus Fungal Data now in the Multiple Comparative Genome Viewer (MCGV)!”
As we begin a new year, let’s look back at the top viewed NCBI Insights Blog posts of 2025!
In case you missed any of these, check them out: Continue reading “Top Posts of 2025: A Look at the NCBI Insights Blog”
We are excited to announce redesigned NCBI Gene pages! The redesigned pages (available through NCBI Datasets) offer a modern, clean interface with an intuitive layout that makes browsing and downloading NCBI Gene data easier. The legacy Gene page will continue to be available during this transition period, and we will continue to communicate updates and changes through NCBI websites and this blog.
Continue reading “Improved Gene Data Access with Redesigned NCBI Gene Pages”
NCBI’s new Multiple Comparative Genome Viewer (MCGV) is an interactive graphical genome browser that allows you to visualize multiple genome assemblies in a single view. MCGV displays whole genome alignments created by the research community.
We made several significant updates to this application since its initial release last winter! Now you can:
Continue reading “Compare Nucleotide Differences in the Multiple Comparative Genome Viewer (MCGV)!”
We are excited to announce that the default database for protein BLAST searches will soon be the NCBI ClusteredNR database! Introduced in 2022, ClusteredNR is a collection of protein sequence clusters built from the current default database, nr. The representative sequence is chosen for each cluster, which is generally well-annotated and indicates the function of the proteins in the cluster, helping you focus on meaningful biological insights and decreasing redundant results.
Continue reading “Faster, Better Results for Protein BLAST Searches”
Check out RefSeq release 229, now available online and from the FTP site. You can access RefSeq data through NCBI Datasets. The release is provided in several directories as a complete dataset and also as divided by logical groupings.
As of March 3, 2025, this full release incorporates genomic, transcript, and protein data containing: