Genomes FTP Site
URL: https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genomes/
The genomes FTP site offers a consistent core set of files for the genome sequence and annotation products of all organisms and assemblies in scope. It supports download needs such as:
Retrieve the unmasked or soft-masked genome sequence for a specific genome assembly Retrieve GenBank or RefSeq Gene, RNA and protein annotation for a specific organism and a specific assembly, or a specific RefSeq annotation release Retrieve annotation in GenBank flat-file, GFF or GTF format Matching sequence identifiers in FASTA & GFF or GTF files to facilitate RNA-Seq and other analyses Confirm downloaded content is complete using provided md5checksums
Additional Information
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| Data last updated | July 3, 2021 |
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