---
language: rna
license: cc0-1.0
tags:
    - Biology
    - ncRNA
size_categories:
    - 10M<n<100M
task_categories:
    - text-generation
    - fill-mask
task_ids:
    - language-modeling
    - masked-language-modeling
pretty_name: RNAcentral
---

# RNAcentral Release 28
This is an official HuggingFace version of the RNAcentral Release 28 available at https://rnacentral.org/

Included in this dataset are:
- ncRNA sequences for 48,053,536 sequences from our member databases

# Using the data
All RNAcentral data is provided with a CC-0 license, so you are free to do as you with with it.

If you do make use of our data, please consider citing our paper: https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkaf1329

## Detailed database versions
As part of our releases, we import updates from our expert member databases. Here is the detailed breakdown of
database versions for all those that have been updated this time around.

### New databases

There are no new databases in this release


### Database updates

ENA: 2026-05-15 -> 2026-09-23

Ensembl: 115 -> 116 (Last release of Ensembl before their new website!)

Ensembl Fungi: 62 -> 63

Ensembl Metazoa: 62 -> 63

Ensembl Plants: 62 -> 63

Ensembl Protists: 62 -> 63

Expression Atlas: 2026-06-23 -> 2026-09-18

FlyBase: FB2026_01 -> FB2026_03

GeneCards: 5.26 -> 6.1

HGNC: 2026-04-28 -> 2026-09-10

IntAct: 2026-04-13 -> 2026-09-09

MalaCards: 5.26 -> 6.1

PDBe: 2026-04-29 -> 2026-09-09

PomBase: 2026-04-28 -> 2026-09-09

RefSeq: 2026-03-25 -> 2026-09-09 (v237)

SGD: 2026-03-26 -> 2026-09-09

WormBase: 2026-05-15 -> 2026-09-23

ZFIN: 2026-03-27 -> 2026-09-09

RGD: 2026-04-28 -> 2026-09-09

SILVA: 138.2 -> 144 (LSU only, SSU still 138.2)

MGNIFY: 2026-04-16 -> 2026-09-09