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From: toms@fcs260c2.ncifcrf.gov (Tom Schneider)
Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.genbank
Subject: Re: Is it possible to get random genbank sequences through the net?
Summary: yes
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Date: 24 Sep 90 16:43:50 GMT
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In article <90264.125319IO00865@MAINE.BITNET> IO00865@MAINE.BITNET writes:
> I was wondering if it is possible to aquire genebank sequences through the
> net.  Ethan Strauss       IO00865@MAINE.BITNET

Yes.  Use ftp:

ftp genbank.bio.net
anonymous
(any string)
ls
cd pub/db/gb-rel61 (or whichever is most recent release)
get (whatever)

for more details contact:

                                        David Benton
                                        GenBank Manager
                                        415-962-7360
                                        benton@genbank.ig.com

  Tom Schneider
  National Cancer Institute
  Laboratory of Mathematical Biology
  Frederick, Maryland  21702-1201
  toms@ncifcrf.gov