RefSeq release 84 is now accessible online, via FTP and through NCBI’s programming utilities.
This full release incorporates genomic, transcript, and protein data available, as of September 11, 2017, and contains 140,627,690 records, including 95,563,598 proteins, 20,356,598 RNAs, and sequences from 72,965 organisms.
The release is provided in several directories as a complete dataset and as divided by logical groupings. See the RefSeq release notes for more information.
Phasing out support for non-human organisms
As of September 1, 2017, the dbSNP and dbVar databases have stopped accepting submissions for non-human organisms. Submissions for non-human variation will now be accepted by the European Variation Archive, one of our partners in the International Nucleotide Sequence Database (INSDC).