Repository details

GenBank

Name of repository
GenBank
Repository URL
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genbank/
Subject(s)
Description
GenBank® is a comprehensive database that contains publicly available nucleotide sequences for almost 260 000 formally described species. These sequences are obtained primarily through submissions from individual laboratories and batch submissions from large-scale sequencing projects, including whole-genome shotgun (WGS) and environmental sampling projects. Most submissions are made using the web-based BankIt or standalone Sequin programs, and GenBank staff assigns accession numbers upon data receipt. Daily data exchange with the European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) and the DNA Data Bank of Japan (DDBJ) ensures worldwide coverage. GenBank is accessible through the NCBI Entrez retrieval system, which integrates data from the major DNA and protein sequence databases along with taxonomy, genome, mapping, protein structure and domain information, and the biomedical journal literature via PubMed. BLAST provides sequence similarity searches of GenBank and other sequence databases. Complete bimonthly releases and daily updates of the GenBank database are available by FTP.
Contact
  • info@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
  • pubmedcentral@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Content type(s)
Keyword(s)
Persistent identifier(s) of the repository
  • RRID:nif-0000-02873
  • RRID:SCR_002760
  • FAIRsharing_doi:10.25504/fairsharing.9kahy4
  • OMICS_01650
Repository size
1.014.763.752.113 bases; 23.3642.893 seqeuences;
Repository type(s)
  • disciplinary
Mission statement for designated community
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genbank/
Research data repository language(s)
  • English
Data and/or service provider
  • data provider
  • service provider
Institution name
International Nucleotide Sequence Database Collaboration
Additional name(s)
  • INSDC
Identifier(s)
  • RRID:SCR_011967
  • OMICS_01653
Country
United Kingdom
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
National Center for Biotechnology Information
Additional name(s)
  • NCBI
Identifier(s)
  • RRID:SCR_006472
  • RRID:nif-0000-00139
  • ROR:02meqm098
Contact(s)
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
National Institutes of Health
Additional name(s)
  • NIH
Identifier(s)
  • RRID:SCR_011417
  • RRID:nlx_inv_1005116
  • ROR:01cwqze88
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
U. S. National Library of Medicine
Additional name(s)
  • NLM
Identifier(s)
  • RRID:SCR_011446
  • RRID:nlx_inv_1005117
  • ROR:0060t0j89
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Additional name(s)
  • DHHS
Identifier(s)
  • RRID:SCR_009983
  • RRID:nlx_inv_1005043
  • ROR:033jnv181
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit

Policies (3)

Policy Name
International Nucleotide Sequence Database Collaboration Policy
Policy Name
INSDC Status Document
Policy Name
Updating Information on GenBank Records

Database access

Type of access to research data repository
open

Data access (3)

Type of access to data
open
Type of access to data
restricted
Data access restriction type(s)
  • registration
Type of access to data
closed

Data licenses (2)

DataLicense
CC
DataLicense
Copyrights

Data upload (1)

Type of data upload
restricted
Data upload restriction type(s)
  • registration

Data upload license (1)

Data upload license name
CC
Persistent identifier system(s)
  • none
Name of the repository software
  • unknown
Versioning
yes
Data citation guideline
https://osp.od.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/Public_Comments_Data_Managment_Sharing_Citation.pdf
Enhanced Publication
unknown
Quality management
yes

Application programming interfaces (1)

API type
FTP

Alerting services (1)

Type of alerting service
RSS

Remarks

Remarks
is covered by Elsevier. GenBank is covered by Thomson Reuters Data Citation Index. 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.
Entry date
2013-09-25
Last update
2021-12-13
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re3data.org: GenBank; editing status 2021-12-13; re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories. http://doi.org/10.17616/R3D31X last accessed: 2023-06-05