Greetings GenBank Users,
Close-of-data for the upcoming GenBank Release 163.0 occurred
on Monday December 11 at approximately 1:30am EST.
The subsequently generated GenBank Incremental Update files
nc1217.aso, nc1217.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 163.0 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
