UniProt release 2018_06

UniProt release 2018_06 is out now with 116,587,823 proteins! Read the headline article 'Neuronal express mRNA delivery service' about updates to related Rat and Drosophila entries and other news on http://www.uniprot.org/news/2018/06/20/release.

International protein nomenclature guidelines

The European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), the Protein Information Resource (PIR) and the Swiss Institute for Bioinformatics (SIB) have worked together to produce a shared set of protein naming guidelines. These guidelines are intended for use by anyone who wants to name a protein, and aim to promote consistent nomenclature, which is indispensable for communication, literature searching and data retrieval. They replace the previous UniProt protein-naming guidelines and are available on the UniProt website as part of this release.

Database news

- Cross references added to Complex Portal

- Cross references added to ProteomicsDB

- Cross references added to MoonDB

- Changes to Human Diseases controlled vocabulary