RefSeq release 80 now available; GI identifiers to be removed in next release (March 2017)

RefSeq release 80 is now accessible online, via FTP and through NCBI's programming utilities. This full release incorporates genomic, transcript, and protein data available as of January 9, 2017 and contains 118,059,547 records, including 78,028,152 proteins, 17,862,608 RNAs, and sequences from 66,224 organisms. The release is provided in several directories as a complete dataset and also as divided by logical groupings.
Source: NCBI Announcements - Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news