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HIV-1, human interaction database updated
Sep 29, 2014

The HIV-1, human interaction database has been updated and is now on an improved page. The improved interface includes help documentation and supports structured queries against Gene, as well as browsing, filtering and downloading the protein and replication interaction data sets. The most recent data release (June 2014) includes 12,785 HIV-1, human protein-protein interactions for 3,142 human genes and 1,316 replication interactions for 1,250 human genes.
Virus Variation Resource pages for Ebolavirus, MERS coronoavirus give quick and easy access to related sequences and other data
Sep 19, 2014

NCBI has created resource pages for Ebolavirus and MERS coronavirus, giving users an easy way to find all sequences related to these pathogens. These pages aggregate links to virus data at NCBI and also provide important links out to other information at the CDC, WHO, and HealthMap.
Simplified FASTA headers included on new NCBI Genomes FTP site
Sep 17, 2014

Last month, a major revision of the NCBI Genomes FTP site was announced. In response to user feedback, a new format for FASTA headers of genome, protein and transcript records has been implemented. This new format is limited to records in the /all/, /refseq/, and /genbank/ directories on the new Genomes FTP site and does not affect the Nucleotide database web FASTA displays.

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