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Reference Sequence Database

Abbreviation:RefSeq

General Information

The Reference Sequence (RefSeq) collection aims to provide a comprehensive, integrated, non-redundant, well-annotated set of sequences, including genomic DNA, transcripts, and proteins.

Homepage http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/RefSeq/

Countries that developed this resource United States

Created in 1999

Taxonomic range

All

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Subjects

How to cite this record FAIRsharing.org: RefSeq; Reference Sequence Database; DOI: https://doi.org/10.25504/FAIRsharing.4jg0qw; Last edited: April 26, 2021, 12:04 p.m.; Last accessed: Dec 06 2021 8:57 p.m.

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General

FAQ	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK50 ...
help	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK210 ...

Additional Information

Contact

General contact

Tools

BLAST

http://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Blast.cgi?PAGE=MegaBlast&PROGRAM=blastn& ...

Access / Retrieve Data

Conditions of Use

Applies to: Data use

Data Access

Download

ftp://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/refseq/release/

Publications

NCBI reference sequences (RefSeq): a curated non-redundant sequence database of genomes, transcripts and proteins.

Pruitt KD., Tatusova T., Maglott DR.,
Nucleic Acids Res. 2007

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NCBI’s LocusLink and RefSeq

Maglott DR, Katz KS, Sicotte H, and Pruitta KD
Nuclei Acid Research 2000

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Reporting Guidelines

No guidelines defined

Terminology Artifacts

No semantic standards defined

Models and Formats

FASTA Sequence Format

Identifier Schemas

No identifier schema standards defined

Metrics

No metrics standards defined

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This record is not implemented by any policy.

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Funds

National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA (Government body)

Maintains

National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), Rockville, MD, USA (Government body)

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