RefSeq 68

Nov 16, 2014

RefSeq 68 is now available from the National Center for Biotechnology Information via ftp.

The release has over 66 million records describing 46,968,574 proteins, 9,069,704 RNAs, and sequences from 49,312 distinct NCBI TaxIDs.

Foxtail Millet Pangenome, Graph-Based Reference Genome

Researchers in Nature Genetics described their generation of a foxtail millet pangenome, which they say can help in crop trait improvement.

An analysis in Genome Biology compares the lengths of proteins across more than 2,300 species, finding similar length distributions.

A team reports in Nature Genetics that it used glucose challenge test data to home in on candidate genes involved in GLUT4 expression or trafficking.

A paper in Cell reports that octopuses use RNA editing to help them adjust to different water temperatures.