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SI Field Changes for GENBANK Records

SI Field Changes for GENBANK Records. NLM Technical Bulletin. 1997 Sep–Oct;(298):e1.

September 1997 [posted]

The Secondary Source Identifier field for GENBANK records in MEDLINE has been changed. Previously, the accession number following the GENBANK/ was six characters long and consisted of one alphabetic character followed by five numbers as shown in the example below.

SI - GENBANK/X98906

As of spring 1997, the accession number is 8 characters long and consists of two alphabetic characters followed by 6 numbers as shown in the example below:

SI - GENBANK/AA004407