Repository details

NCBI GSS

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Name of repository
NCBI GSS
Additional name(s)
  • dbGSS
Repository URL
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nucgss
Subject(s)
Description
<<<!!!<<< GSS sequences are now being merged into the NCBI Nucleotide database >>>!!!>>>
Contact(s)
Content type(s)
Keyword(s)
Persistent identifier(s) of the repository
Repository size
public entries: 35.422.228
Repository type(s)
  • disciplinary
Research data repository language(s)
  • English
Data and/or service provider
  • dataProvider

Dates

Closed
2018

Institutions (4)

Institution name
National Center for Biotechnology Information
Additional name(s)
  • NCBI
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
National Institutes of Health
Additional name(s)
  • NIH
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)
  • HHS
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
United States National Library of Medicine
Additional name(s)
  • NLM
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit

Policies (1)

Policy name
NIH Public Access Policy

Database access

Type of access to research data repository
open

Data access (1)

Type of access to data
open

Data licenses (2)

Data license
Public Domain
Data license
Copyrights

Data upload (1)

Type of data upload
open

Data upload license (1)

Data upload license name
Submitting Sequences to dbGSS
Persistent identifier system(s)
  • none
Versioning
yes
Enhanced publication
yes

Application programming interfaces (1)

Type
FTP
Url
ftp://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genbank/

Remarks

Remarks
The GSS database collects unannotated, short, single-read, primary genomic sequences from GenBank and contains nucleic acid sequences. These sequences include random survey sequences, clone-end sequences, and exon-trapped sequences.
Entry date
2014-05-09
Last update
2026-05-13
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re3data.org: NCBI GSS; editing status 2026-05-13; re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories. https://doi.org/10.17616/R30S47 last accessed: 2026-06-12