GenBank 164.0 Close-of-Data

[Cavanaugh, Mark (NIH/NLM/NCBI) [E]]

Greetings GenBank Users,

Close-of-data for the upcoming GenBank Release 164.0 occurred on
Tuesday February 12 at approximately 1:30am EST.

The subsequently generated GenBank Incremental Update files
nc0212.aso, nc0212,flat, etc. contain data through the close.

Note: Release processing often does not begin until sometime during
business hours on the close date. As a result, a number of sequence
records processed *after* 1:30am are likely to be present in the
GenBank 164.0 release files, even though they are "post-close" .

Similarly, the first GenBank Incremental Update that is generated
after the close date is likely to contain a number of sequence
records that are unchanged, compared to their appearance in the
release files.

Our apologies for the lack of advanced notice about the close date.

Mark Cavanaugh
GenBank
NCBI/NLM/NIH/HHS