For an easy way to download sets at the command line, see download_germline_set in the receptor_utils package.
The receptor_utils documentation also has walkthroughs showing how to use the germline sets with IgBLAST and MiXCR.
For information on the names and approach used in these sets, please see our paper.
Want more information in FASTA file headers or annotations? receptor-germline-tools.
The OGRDB REST API allows you to list and download germline sets programatically.
Set NameSpecies subgroupLocusRelease VersionRelease DateDownloadDOI
IGKJ (all strains)IGK12022-05-31 AIRR (JSON) FASTA Gapped FASTA UngappedDOI
IGLJ (all strains)IGL12022-05-31 AIRR (JSON) FASTA Gapped FASTA UngappedDOI
129S1/SvImJ IGKV129S1/SvImJIGK22022-05-03 AIRR (JSON) FASTA Gapped FASTA UngappedDOI
129S1/SvImJ IGLV129S1/SvImJIGL32024-04-20 AIRR (JSON) FASTA Gapped FASTA UngappedDOI
A/J IGKVA/JIGK22022-05-03 AIRR (JSON) FASTA Gapped FASTA UngappedDOI
A/J IGLVA/JIGL22022-05-03 AIRR (JSON) FASTA Gapped FASTA UngappedDOI
AKR/J IGKVAKR/JIGK12022-05-03 AIRR (JSON) FASTA Gapped FASTA UngappedDOI
AKR/J IGLVAKR/JIGL12022-05-03 AIRR (JSON) FASTA Gapped FASTA UngappedDOI
BALB/c IGHBALB/cIGH32022-06-02 AIRR (JSON) FASTA Gapped FASTA UngappedDOI
BALB/c/ByJ IGKVBALB/c/ByJIGK12022-05-03 AIRR (JSON) FASTA Gapped FASTA UngappedDOI
BALB/c/ByJ IGLVBALB/c/ByJIGL22024-04-20 AIRR (JSON) FASTA Gapped FASTA UngappedDOI
C3H/HeJ IGKVC3H/HeJIGK12022-05-03 AIRR (JSON) FASTA Gapped FASTA UngappedDOI
C3H/HeJ IGLVC3H/HeJIGL12022-05-03 AIRR (JSON) FASTA Gapped FASTA UngappedDOI
C57BL/6 IGHC57BL/6IGH52024-10-15 AIRR (JSON) FASTA Gapped FASTA UngappedDOI
C57BL/6J IGKVC57BL/6JIGK12022-05-03 AIRR (JSON) FASTA Gapped FASTA UngappedDOI
C57BL/6J IGLVC57BL/6JIGL12022-05-03 AIRR (JSON) FASTA Gapped FASTA UngappedDOI
CAST/EiJ IGHCAST/EiJIGH12022-05-14 AIRR (JSON) FASTA Gapped FASTA UngappedDOI
CAST/EiJ IGKVCAST/EiJIGK12022-05-03 AIRR (JSON) FASTA Gapped FASTA UngappedDOI
CAST/EiJ IGLVCAST/EiJIGL12022-05-03 AIRR (JSON) FASTA Gapped FASTA UngappedDOI
CBA/J IGKVCBA/JIGK12022-05-03 AIRR (JSON) FASTA Gapped FASTA UngappedDOI
CBA/J IGLVCBA/JIGL12022-05-03 AIRR (JSON) FASTA Gapped FASTA UngappedDOI
DBA/1J IGKVDBA/1JIGK12022-05-03 AIRR (JSON) FASTA Gapped FASTA UngappedDOI
DBA/1J IGLVDBA/1JIGL12022-05-03 AIRR (JSON) FASTA Gapped FASTA UngappedDOI
DBA/2J IGKVDBA/2JIGK12022-05-03 AIRR (JSON) FASTA Gapped FASTA UngappedDOI
DBA/2J IGLVDBA/2JIGL12022-05-03 AIRR (JSON) FASTA Gapped FASTA UngappedDOI
LEWES/EiJ IGHLEWES/EiJIGH12022-05-14 AIRR (JSON) FASTA Gapped FASTA UngappedDOI
LEWES/EiJ IGKVLEWES/EiJIGK12022-05-03 AIRR (JSON) FASTA Gapped FASTA UngappedDOI
LEWES/EiJ IGLVLEWES/EiJIGL12022-05-03 AIRR (JSON) FASTA Gapped FASTA UngappedDOI
MRL/MpJ IGKVMRL/MpJIGK12022-05-03 AIRR (JSON) FASTA Gapped FASTA UngappedDOI
MRL/MpJ IGLVMRL/MpJIGL12022-05-03 AIRR (JSON) FASTA Gapped FASTA UngappedDOI
MSM/MsJ IGHMSM/MsJIGH12022-05-15 AIRR (JSON) FASTA Gapped FASTA UngappedDOI
MSM/MsJ IGKVMSM/MsJIGK12022-05-03 AIRR (JSON) FASTA Gapped FASTA UngappedDOI
MSM/MsJ IGLVMSM/MsJIGL12022-05-03 AIRR (JSON) FASTA Gapped FASTA UngappedDOI
NOD/ShiLtJ IGHNOD/ShiLtJIGH12022-05-15 AIRR (JSON) FASTA Gapped FASTA UngappedDOI
NOD/ShiLtJ IGKVNOD/ShiLtJIGK12022-05-03 AIRR (JSON) FASTA Gapped FASTA UngappedDOI
NOD/ShiLtJ IGLVNOD/ShiLtJIGL12022-05-03 AIRR (JSON) FASTA Gapped FASTA UngappedDOI
NOR/LtJ IGKVNOR/LtJIGK12022-05-03 AIRR (JSON) FASTA Gapped FASTA UngappedDOI
NOR/LtJ IGLVNOR/LtJIGL12022-05-03 AIRR (JSON) FASTA Gapped FASTA UngappedDOI
NZB/BlNJ IGKVNZB/BlNJIGK12022-05-03 AIRR (JSON) FASTA Gapped FASTA UngappedDOI
NZB/BlNJ IGLVNZB/BlNJIGL12022-05-03 AIRR (JSON) FASTA Gapped FASTA UngappedDOI
PWD/PhJ IGHPWD/PhJIGH22024-10-15 AIRR (JSON) FASTA Gapped FASTA UngappedDOI
PWD/PhJ IGKVPWD/PhJIGK12022-05-03 AIRR (JSON) FASTA Gapped FASTA UngappedDOI
PWD/PhJ IGLVPWD/PhJIGL12022-05-03 AIRR (JSON) FASTA Gapped FASTA UngappedDOI
SJL/J IGKVSJL/JIGK12022-05-03 AIRR (JSON) FASTA Gapped FASTA UngappedDOI
SJL/J IGLVSJL/JIGL12022-05-03 AIRR (JSON) FASTA Gapped FASTA UngappedDOI
For an easy way to download sets at the command line, see download_germline_set in the receptor_utils package.
The receptor_utils documentation also has walkthroughs showing how to use the germline sets with IgBLAST and MiXCR.
For information on the names and approach used in these sets, please see our paper.
Want more information in FASTA file headers or annotations? receptor-germline-tools.
The OGRDB REST API allows you to list and download germline sets programatically.