NCBI News: Spring 2004|Masthead

	Transitioning from LocusLink to Entrez Gene Cancer Chromosomes: a New Entrez Database HomoloGene: An Entrez Database with a New Look BLAST Link (BLink) to Protein Alignments and Structures Debut of the HCT Database and Anthropology/Allele Frequencies in dbMHC 350kb Sequence Length Limit Removed by Sequence Database Collaboration New Eukaryotic Genomes at NCBI Environmental Samples Make Big Splash HIV Protein-Interaction Database e-PCR and Reverse e-PCR: Greater Sensitivity, More Options New Organisms in UniGene RefSeq Accession Numbers Get Longer as Rat Gets Last 6-digit Accession Slots available for FieldGuidePlus Training Course Onsite at NCBI RefSeq Release 6 on FTP Site Exponential Growth of GenBank Continues with Release 142 Entrez Tools is a 'Hot Spot' BLAST Lab: Using BLASTClust New Microbial Genomes in GenBank Entrez Quiz Masthead		Masthead NCBI News is distributed four times a year. We welcome communication from users of NCBI databases and software and invite suggestions for articles in future issues. Send correspondence to NCBI News at the address below. To subscribe to NCBI News, send your name and address to either the street or E-mail address below. NCBI News National Library of Medicine Bldg. 38A, Room 3S308 8600 Rockville Pike Bethesda, MD 20894 Phone: (301) 496-2475 Fax: (301) 480-9241 E-mail: info@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Editors Dennis Benson David Wheeler Contributors Susan Dombrowski Scott McGinnis Tao Tao Writers Vyvy Pham David Wheeler Editing and Production Robert Yates Graphic Design Robert Yates In 1988, Congress established the National Center for Biotechnology Information as part of the National Library of Medicine; its charge is to create information systems for molecular biology and genetics data and perform research in computational molecular biology. The contents of this newsletter may be reprinted without permission. The mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations does not imply endorsement by NCBI, NIH, or the U.S. Government. NIH Publication No. 04-3272 ISSN 1060-8788 ISSN 1098-8408 (Online Version)