Schema for refGene
  Database: canFam2    Primary Table: refGene    Row Count: 2,325   Data last updated: 2020-08-21
Format description: A gene prediction with some additional info.
On download server: MariaDB table dump directory
fieldexampleSQL type info description
bin 1053smallint(5) unsigned range Indexing field to speed chromosome range queries.
name NM_001048126varchar(255) values Name of gene (usually transcript_id from GTF)
chrom chr16varchar(255) values Reference sequence chromosome or scaffold
strand -char(1) values + or - for strand
txStart 61341720int(10) unsigned range Transcription start position (or end position for minus strand item)
txEnd 61394172int(10) unsigned range Transcription end position (or start position for minus strand item)
cdsStart 61342175int(10) unsigned range Coding region start (or end position for minus strand item)
cdsEnd 61394146int(10) unsigned range Coding region end (or start position for minus strand item)
exonCount 9int(10) unsigned range Number of exons
exonStarts 61341720,61345402,61349407,...longblob   Exon start positions (or end positions for minus strand item)
exonEnds 61342336,61345533,61349574,...longblob   Exon end positions (or start positions for minus strand item)
score 0int(11) range score
name2 ANGPT2varchar(255) values Alternate name (e.g. gene_id from GTF)
cdsStartStat cmplenum('none', 'unk', 'incmpl', 'cmpl') values Status of CDS start annotation (none, unknown, incomplete, or complete)
cdsEndStat cmplenum('none', 'unk', 'incmpl', 'cmpl') values Status of CDS end annotation (none, unknown, incomplete, or complete)
exonFrames 1,2,0,0,1,2,0,0,0,longblob   Reading frame of the start of the CDS region of the exon, in the direction of transcription (0,1,2), or -1 if there is no CDS region.

Connected Tables and Joining Fields
        canFam2.all_est.qName (via refGene.name)
      canFam2.all_mrna.qName (via refGene.name)
      canFam2.refFlat.name (via refGene.name)
      canFam2.refSeqAli.qName (via refGene.name)
      canFam2.xenoMrna.qName (via refGene.name)
      canFam2.xenoRefGene.name (via refGene.name)
      canFam2.xenoRefSeqAli.qName (via refGene.name)
      hgFixed.gbCdnaInfo.acc (via refGene.name)
      hgFixed.gbMiscDiff.acc (via refGene.name)
      hgFixed.gbSeq.acc (via refGene.name)
      hgFixed.gbWarn.acc (via refGene.name)
      hgFixed.imageClone.acc (via refGene.name)
      hgFixed.refLink.mrnaAcc (via refGene.name)
      hgFixed.refSeqStatus.mrnaAcc (via refGene.name)
      hgFixed.refSeqSummary.mrnaAcc (via refGene.name)

Sample Rows
 
binnamechromstrandtxStarttxEndcdsStartcdsEndexonCountexonStartsexonEndsscorename2cdsStartStatcdsEndStatexonFrames
1053NM_001048126chr16-61341720613941726134217561394146961341720,61345402,61349407,61350118,61355583,61357594,61361603,61365316,61393861,61342336,61345533,61349574,61350220,61355714,61357827,61361725,61365472,61394172,0ANGPT2cmplcmpl1,2,0,0,1,2,0,0,0,
1504NM_001048125chrX-1205654811205859121205654811205859129120565481,120569490,120572468,120577623,120579301,120582017,120584400,120585222,120585815,120565972,120569664,120572595,120577794,120579502,120582106,120584578,120585359,120585912,0IDScmplcmpl1,1,0,0,0,1,0,1,0,
81NM_001048124chrX+928947193148799289559931387729289471,9310727,9289562,9314879,0TLR7cmplcmpl0,0,
596NM_001048123chrX+152159315403861521593154038691521593,1523176,1525641,1527856,1529661,1533795,1537127,1538287,1540018,1521685,1523298,1525767,1528280,1529802,1533926,1537290,1538409,1540386,0ARSHcmplcmpl0,2,1,1,2,2,1,2,1,
596NM_001048122chrX-1491087150857014910871508570101491087,1494593,1497021,1497931,1500252,1501918,1504135,1506221,1507206,1508547,1491446,1494715,1497184,1498066,1500389,1502342,1504258,1506343,1507356,1508570,0ARSLcmplcmpl1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,2,0,
1235NM_001048121chr5-852041478520867985204147852086791385204147,85204580,85204768,85204924,85205518,85205872,85206231,85206870,85207087,85207433,85207654,85207867,85208556,85204299,85204650,85204834,85205030,85205748,85205998,85206334,85206935,85207163,85207558,85207782,85207976,85208679,0HSF4cmplcmpl1,0,0,2,0,0,2,0,2,0,1,0,0,
1100NM_001048120chr5+675312926755926867531292675592681467531292,67537563,67538175,67538694,67541513,67542701,67542848,67543276,67545307,67548817,67549833,67555188,67557070,67559181,67531409,67537687,67538250,67538797,67541657,67542768,67542976,67543416,67545411,67548954,67549936,67555310,67557188,67559268,0GALNScmplcmpl0,0,1,1,2,2,0,2,1,0,2,0,2,0,
755NM_001048119chr5-22333412223470212233341422347016922333412,22335160,22335473,22336237,22339534,22341168,22343623,22344500,22346949,22333713,22335382,22335684,22336398,22339704,22341278,22343668,22344667,22347021,0HTR3Acmplcmpl1,1,0,1,2,0,0,1,0,
1057NM_001048118chr4+61991530619969326199153061996932261991530,61995524,61991850,61996932,0ARSIcmplcmpl0,2,
89NM_001048117chr3-16875155169096751687515516909675816875155,16877855,16886192,16889362,16892332,16901163,16906119,16909537,16875430,16878080,16886417,16889534,16892615,16901323,16906249,16909675,0ARSKcmplcmpl1,1,1,0,2,1,0,0,

Note: all start coordinates in our database are 0-based, not 1-based. See explanation here.

UCSC RefSeq (refGene) Track Description
 

Description

The RefSeq Genes track shows known human protein-coding and non-protein-coding genes taken from the NCBI RNA reference sequences collection (RefSeq). The data underlying this track are updated weekly.

Please visit the Feedback for Gene and Reference Sequences (RefSeq) page to make suggestions, submit additions and corrections, or ask for help concerning RefSeq records.

For more information on the different gene tracks, see our Genes FAQ.

Display Conventions and Configuration

This track follows the display conventions for gene prediction tracks. The color shading indicates the level of review the RefSeq record has undergone: predicted (light), provisional (medium), reviewed (dark).

The item labels and display colors of features within this track can be configured through the controls at the top of the track description page.

  • Label: By default, items are labeled by gene name. Click the appropriate Label option to display the accession name instead of the gene name, show both the gene and accession names, or turn off the label completely.
  • Codon coloring: This track contains an optional codon coloring feature that allows users to quickly validate and compare gene predictions. To display codon colors, select the genomic codons option from the Color track by codons pull-down menu. For more information about this feature, go to the Coloring Gene Predictions and Annotations by Codon page.
  • Hide non-coding genes: By default, both the protein-coding and non-protein-coding genes are displayed. If you wish to see only the coding genes, click this box.

Methods

RefSeq RNAs were aligned against the human genome using BLAT. Those with an alignment of less than 15% were discarded. When a single RNA aligned in multiple places, the alignment having the highest base identity was identified. Only alignments having a base identity level within 0.1% of the best and at least 96% base identity with the genomic sequence were kept.

Credits

This track was produced at UCSC from RNA sequence data generated by scientists worldwide and curated by the NCBI RefSeq project.

References

Kent WJ. BLAT - the BLAST-like alignment tool. Genome Res. 2002 Apr;12(4):656-64. PMID: 11932250; PMC: PMC187518

Pruitt KD, Brown GR, Hiatt SM, Thibaud-Nissen F, Astashyn A, Ermolaeva O, Farrell CM, Hart J, Landrum MJ, McGarvey KM et al. RefSeq: an update on mammalian reference sequences. Nucleic Acids Res. 2014 Jan;42(Database issue):D756-63. PMID: 24259432; PMC: PMC3965018

Pruitt KD, Tatusova T, Maglott DR. NCBI Reference Sequence (RefSeq): a curated non-redundant sequence database of genomes, transcripts and proteins. Nucleic Acids Res. 2005 Jan 1;33(Database issue):D501-4. PMID: 15608248; PMC: PMC539979