What is the difference between GenBank and RefSeq?

What is the difference between GenBank and RefSeq?

What is the difference between RefSeq and GenBank? GenBank sequence records are owned by the original submitter and cannot be altered by a third party. RefSeq sequences are not part of the INSDC but are derived from INSDC sequences to provide non-redundant curated data representing our current knowledge of known genes.

How big is RefSeq?

RefSeq is limited to major organisms for which sufficient data are available (more than 66,000 distinct “named” organisms as of September 2011), while GenBank includes sequences for any organism submitted (approximately 250,000 different named organisms)….RefSeq.

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Website	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/RefSeq

What is RefSeq protein?

A comprehensive, integrated, non-redundant, well-annotated set of reference sequences including genomic, transcript, and protein.

What kind of database is RefSeq?

RefSeq is a public database of nucleotide and protein sequences with corresponding feature and bibliographic annotation. The RefSeq database is built and distributed by the NCBI, a division of the National Library of Medicine located at the US National Institutes of Health.

How do I find my RefSeq ID?

RefSeq IDs linked to Ensembl transcripts are available in the browser under the Transcript tab, General identifiers view, and also from BioMart and from the API as Xrefs.

What is a RefSeq ID?

The RefSeq ID is a unique identifier given to a sequence in the NCBI RefSeq database. The RefSeq database is a curated, non-redundant set including genomic DNA contigs, mRNAs and proteins for known genes, and entire chromosomes. These variables are used to make the Web link to the RefSeq database.

What is a transcript ID?

Each transcript ID includes a unique, stable 11 digit number. Transcripts beginning with ENST are human transcripts (for example, ENST00000369985). A three-letter code is inserted for other species; (for example, ENSMUST defines a mouse transcript).