RefSeq: NCBI Reference Sequence Database
A comprehensive, integrated, non-redundant, well-annotated set of reference sequences including genomic, transcript, and protein.
RefSeq Access
Announcements
March 20, 2026
RefSeq Release 234 is available for FTP
This release includes:
- Proteins:
- 459,415,871
- Transcripts:
- 78,720,166
- Organisms:
- 176,395
- Available at:
- https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/refseq/release/
- Documentation:
- Release Notes
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